Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 10, 2006 09:31 AM
Governance issues are not glamourous for sure but they must be right for an organisation to achieve its goals.
CC is emerging from the charismatic leader phase in its evolution, and to achieve its potential I believe your suggestions are necessities, also possibly opportunities to innovate at governance itself, eg setting an official standard for NGO's.
I have strong reservations about any large corporations with track records of lobbying governments in favour of proprietary interests gaining influence in cc. We've seen the negative impact of patent issues at W3C - schmender id. Forgive me for being suspicious at seeing that camels nose under the tent.
'Generous funding' can easily breed dependance, and without broad membership and independant finance future boards could by small steps deviate far from the founders' aspirations, or simply fail to do all the good they could have done.
If cc continues to be the source of good news, maybe then, Glasnost, Perestroika, and Democratizatsia might make a comeback in the world.
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Excellent suggestions
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 10, 2006 09:31 AMCC is emerging from the charismatic leader phase in its evolution, and to achieve its potential I believe your suggestions are necessities, also possibly opportunities to innovate at governance itself, eg setting an official standard for NGO's.
I have strong reservations about any large corporations with track records of lobbying governments in favour of proprietary interests gaining influence in cc. We've seen the negative impact of patent issues at W3C - schmender id. Forgive me for being suspicious at seeing that camels nose under the tent.
'Generous funding' can easily breed dependance, and without broad membership and independant finance future boards could by small steps deviate far from the founders' aspirations, or simply fail to do all the good they could have done.
If cc continues to be the source of good news, maybe then, Glasnost, Perestroika, and Democratizatsia might make a comeback in the world.
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