2009/2/20 Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de>:
> Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>>
>> I have The CRC Card Book of by David Bellin and Susan Suchman Simone and
>> yes, many people could be difficult in meetings.
>>
>> But as we was so few and work is too heavy, we could have more members
>> this
>> year.
>>
>> Any is against ? Why ?
>
> Organizational issues. Having too many people makes organizing meetings
> across time zones a nightmare. Seven is already at the high mark and you can
> see that most meetings are not fully attended. And once meetings aren't
> fully attended you start the next meeting by repeating what happened on the
> last. The larger the number of people the more you need to repeat and often
> this ends up in having the same discussion that you had in the previous
> meeting all over again.  Then there is finding consensus. The fewer people
> involved the easier it usually is to get consensus.
>
> I find seven a good number because it is large enough that you can loose two
> members without the board evaporating and it is just about the largest
> number one can reasonably manage that way.
>
> If we had less churn amongst the board members I would probably argue for
> five instead of seven, mostly because that also gives the community a way of
> making choices. But this is definitely not a good choice if the dropout rate
> of the board is what it's been in the past.
>
> So I'm in favor of sticking with seven for the time being.
>

+1
i don't see why Leadership team should grow in numbers.
Speaking about lack of manpower, i'd prefer to see more people in
other teams, who actually do the job.
Looking at current Leadership team, i can say, that we spent a little
attention on this.
I think that recruiting people to the teams, inspiring people to join,
should be one of the primary function of Leadership.
Without such people, Leadership is just a king without kingdom. And
what is the point in growing bureacracy then, when there is no one
left who want to work with it?

> Cheers,
>  - Andreas



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