[Board] Board Vacancies

[john guest]

The board is for providing continuity long term.   For being able to
enter into long term and legally binding contracts.  For providing
oversight of the convention.

As conchair, I need to focus on this year, and this year only.  Beyond
this year is a distraction.  I don't want it.

After this year is over, I will be producing both a literal and
figurative contrail (no pun intended) probably to somewhere on the
other side of the planet where P-con will be the last thing on my mind
for at least a few months.  This promise to myself is what will get me
through the next seven months with my sanity at least duct-taped in
place.  So, I don't want to be on the board next year.  I've spent
five years working on P-con in one fashion or another, and it's both
time for a break and a change.

While not every person we have as conchair will want to operate the
same as myself (and I pray to whatever gods you favor that they
don't), I see the logic in having both a strategic and a tactical arm
to putting on the convention.

And since we're not a corrupt business overseen by the SEC, I'm not
overly concerned about a conflict of interest.  However, I see no
reason why not to pretend that we understand how a business is run.
And I also don't understand why creativity and originality can't
flourish in a managed environment.  We're not that big -- we still all
know and trust each other.

--John

On 8/15/06, Rob Landley <rob.landley at timesys.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 10 August 2006 16:26, Tracy Worcester wrote:
> > On 8/10/06, Ron Blanchett <rrcb21 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Why not make the con chair job a board position, that way the con chair
> > > can have a vote on the board for things for the con that need board
> > > approval minus those things that the con chair would be specifically
> > > bringing before the board. This way you only need to fill two empty spots
> > > and the outgoing chair can also be involved in the nomination and voting
> > > process for the new con chair. After which point he/she can either chose
> > > to remain on the Board to fill any possible vacancies or steps down.
> >
> > Well, the original logic was to avoi a conflict of interest, but I could
> > make a case in either direction.  What do other people think?
>
> This is one of the things that I never quite understood.  John's one of the
> brains behind Penguicon from day 1, John is the final word on P5, and based
> on this John should not be on the board.  So what's the board for, then?
>
> (You may remember I voted against him leaving, even though he didn't...)
>
> Rob
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