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Re:Board Members (2014) by kijin on Saturday November 18, 2023 @02:28AM (#38316540)
It's easy to do that if you're the founder of a typical C Corp. Sam Altman can probably do it in his sleep.

In a non-profit structure, your options are much more limited. There are no shares, no shareholders, no stock prices, investors, or valuations that you can appeal to as an indicator of success. Conflicts within the board often boil down to a battle of reputation and influence, ego and resentment.

Re:Board Members (2014) by jessriedel on Saturday November 18, 2023 @06:33AM (#38318291)
Often they boil down to honest substantive disagreements about what would best accomplish the non-profit's mission.
Re:Board Members (2014) by dragonwriter on Saturday November 18, 2023 @03:27PM (#38324004)
But in addition to the problem of predicting the future that applies to any businesses assessment of what will best serve its future goals, the goals of a charitable nonprofit are often not things that are easily to measure achievement of or progress toward objectively, which makes some debates even fuzzier than they are in business organizations.
Re:Board Members (2014) by jessriedel on Sunday November 19, 2023 @12:15PM (#38334824)
Agreed.
Re:Board Members (2014) by jacob_rezi on Saturday November 18, 2023 @07:11AM (#38318612)
Can you go into more detail about this:

It's easy to get the share structure you want if you're the founder of a typical C Corp.

Re:Board Members (2014) by raldi on Saturday November 18, 2023 @09:15AM (#38319831)
There will be two classes of shares, one where each gets 50 votes, and one where each gets one. I get the first one and we'll issue the second to everyone else.