[sudo-discuss] [consensus] Nominations for Board of Directors

[Anthony Di Franco]

I'm honored by the thought but respectfully decline the nomination while
seconding all others not yet confirmed and sending my good wishes to those
who have accepted.


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:

> So by my count, the following summarizes the status of the Board
> nominations. Please correct any errors I've made.
> --
> *Confirmed*
> Max (notconfusing)
> Jenny (tunabananas)
>
> *Nominated*
> Marc (marcjc)
> Matt (mattsenate)
> Marina (mk30)
> J.C. (r33lmm)
> Vicky (ykciv)
> Liberty (thattechgirl)
>
> *Respectfully Decline*
> Kare (kkr)
> Jordan (yardena)
> ------
>
> Apparently, the average size of a non-profit board is 16 people, and the
> median is 15.
> I don't know anyone's handle, but I also wanted to nominate the following
> people who have also shown the commitment that I think would make for a
> good Sudo Board member:
>
> Ryan Bethencourt
> Anthony di Franco
> Johanna Faust
> Hol Gaskill
> Leonid Kozukh
> Anca Mosoiu
> Naomi Most
> Romy Snowyla
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2013, at 7:32 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Eddan Katz <eddank at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't think that coming to evening meetings and weekend events should
>> be the ultimate metric of commitment to Sudo Room.
>> Not everyone can make it at those times because of work and family
>> obligations.
>>
>
> Agreed, thanks for picking up on that and giving an opening to describing
> all the ways in which people regularly show their commitment to Sudo Room:
> There's also building infrastructure in the space, creating/making awesome
> things, giving tours, managing the landlord situation, managing the trash
> (thanks david k!), leading classes/workshops/meetups, CLEANING and
> BEAUTIFYING the space [the move to colorful late-night mood lighting the
> other week was especially clutch].
>
> BTW, our Wishlist has recently been updated in case folks want to
> contribute tangible Things: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Wishlist
>
> Jenny
>
>
>> On Oct 27, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sudo Room should not sacrifice its foundational values so as to be taken
>> seriously by traditional power structures. This is part and parcel of being
>> a vessel of social change. Noisebridge has an ad hoc and ever-changing
>> do-ocracy of leaders, as does Sudo. The inscription of a Board merely makes
>> static what is in actuality a dynamic aspect of the community, hence its
>> role (in the vein of honesty and radical transparency) is as merely an
>> on-paper minimum satisfactory requirement for bureaucratic processes. Come
>> to any meeting of Noisebridge or Sudo and it will be readily apparent who's
>> currently taking on leadership roles.
>>
>>
>>
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