<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
Thank you for this Berna.<br>
Finally some truth and direct communication from Council members.<br>
<br>
I personally don't mind if Mozilla totally takes over TB managing
without community, but then don't pretend it's community project.
Run it without having community facade and take responsibility for
you actions, good or bad.<br>
<br>
Only thing I resent to current TB management is secrecy and
dishonesty.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Mihovil<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">22.09.2020 u 14:45, Berna Alp piše:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:95a98413-ba3e-4eb7-d813-36a7ce331426@pep-project.org">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
The next council will oversee change in the model of operation.
Philipp has announced this in his personal statement, so he does
not see that as a confidential council subject, I<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> provide some insight into
this most CRITICAL subject and how it may look. <br>
<div> <br>
There is a draft proposal to the Council that envisions a staff
organization with CEO and similar staff roles, WHERE the role
for the future Thunderbird Council Responsibilities were
narrowed (that was the actual word) to ONE single item:<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> <br>
</span>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li><span class="Apple-converted-space">Approving a yearly
budget<br>
</span></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
Surrounded with a little fluff like
‘helping the team…’ and ‘championing community concerns’,
effectively meaning RIEN DU TOUT.<br>
<br>
Such a Council will have no effective role, other than to exist
as a facade. You may as well eliminate it as waste of time. This
proposal leaves the Council with ZERO power in the future, and
hands ALL executive power to the staff members, WITHOUT a proper
and effective oversight mechanism. One of the worries was how to
avoid a rogue council? As if an<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>elected</u><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>council could ever be
rogue...It has something to do with democracy. </div>
</blockquote>
<br>
</body>
</html>