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

[Doug Moen]

Thanks for the link to Bradley Kuhn's log. That was an insightful read for me.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, at 9:40 AM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
>