[kwlug-disc] Richard Stallman announcing his return to the FSF's Board of Directors

[Andrew Sullivan Cant]

On 2021-03-24 8:26 p.m., Doug Moen wrote:
> I've served as a board member with 2 non-profit organizations. At both
> organizations, the board members felt unqualified for the job, so in
> both cases we hired an outside consultant to give us board-of-director
> training.
> 
> As a result, I have a clear idea about the duties and responsibilities
> of a non-profit board of directors.

Thank you for the perspective Doug. I have never severed on a board, so
I appreciate hearing from someone who has.



If anyone needs to read a similar opinion, but in different words
Bradley Kuhn wrote an article last year around the time of RMS's
original resignation:

http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2019/10/15/fsf-rms.html

He also talks about the extra responsibility, care, and restrain you
need to exercise if you want to be a leader.

Andrew