I see the Web page has been updated today..

>From:  Alec H. Peterson[SMTP:ahp at HILANDER.COM]
>Sent:  Saturday, January 25, 1997 10:59 AM
>
>On Jan 24, 1997, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
>>
>> 2) The 'self perpetuating board' problem has in fact been
>> (essentially) fixed.  The only "gotcha" is that there are still a
>> few "proposed" and "suggested" in there.  I expect that they will of
>> course be removed as the full proposal shapes up, so I don't see any
>> gotcha here.
>
>I disagree about the problem with the board selection being fixed.
>The candidates are selected by the Advisory board.  This would be
>fine, except for the fact that the advisory board itself is still
>selected by the board of trustees.  Still, the membership has no
>direct say in the election of any of the board members (trustees or
>advisory).  This is hardly fixed.

Only the initial Advisory Council, after that it is elected by the 
membership.  Perhaps this is to allow the membership to grow to critical 
mass (representing a broad spectrum) before it begins to wield its 
influence.

Kim?
--
Jim