Brad could you link to Lars' workspace?

I support Lars as a candidate. His leadership skills are well-known. I think he would do an excellent job.

I support Lars as candidate. Does this "nomination" count as it was not self nomimated? Hmmmmm. Only the shadow knows for sure.

I don't see where Lars has indicated his interest.

No it appears that he hasn't. I guess Brad "started it", and all I'm doing is "pushing" the idea.

BTW: I start the nominate board members workspace for this purpose a couple days ago -- please do add more names that you would like to see "step forward on their own".

;D nmw

I support Lars' nomination. All candidates must work hard for sustainability.

Okay, I'll take the cue. You can count me as "self-nominated." Is there something else I should do? Thanks to everyone who PM'd me with your "push" and votes of confidence.

Woohoo !!!

Lars Lives!!

:D nmw

I look forward to your nomination workspace. I do have some misgivings about the pressgang approach to your nomination.

I wish you strength and peace on this O.net journey.

what are your misgivings, peter? i simply take it as a sign that after all, i might be of some service to this process. not sure that i'd self-nominate otherwise.

i'll work on that workspace later tonight...

Great! Glad to see you stepping forward Lars.

Looking forward to reading your answers.

Lars, you have been a consistent leader here and I trust you to make wise decisions that are worth following. Thanks for stepping up!

evonne, thank you.

Indeed, consistent and dedicated with a sense of humour.

Not afraid to put his hat in the ring.

A chancer AND a dancer.

Thanks big Dom :) FWIW, here are my answers to the questions: http://www.omidyar.net/group/tra nsition/ws/larshasselbladtorres/

Are we supposed to discuss this here? I look forward to hearing your thoughts, concerns.

Thanks for getting this started, Brad.

Okay, since I was able to answer a few questions, I hope I'm entitled to one I hope folks will help to answer:

What criteria would you use to make the judgment around whether or not you'd move to a particular online community to carry out the work you've been doing here on O.net?

Lars asked:

What criteria would you use to make the judgment around whether or not you'd move to a particular online community to carry out the work you've been doing here on O.net?

The opportunity to cross-pollinate ideas, work outside silos, and leverage assets (IP/Skills/Connections/Cash), with people I respect and trust.

Peter Rees said:

I look forward to your nomination workspace. I do have some misgivings about the pressgang approach to your nomination.

I wish you strength and peace on this O.net journey.

Press gang? He wasn't actually hit with anything!

Peter, thanks! On your first criteria, could you go into a little more detail: what would a "good" opportunity to cross-pollinate ideas look like? In other words, how would I know it if I saw it from your standpoint? I'll keep the other points on the back burner for now.

Except a deluge of PMs perhaps. :)

RicH said:

Peter Rees said:

I look forward to your nomination workspace. I do have some misgivings about the pressgang approach to your nomination.

I wish you strength and peace on this O.net journey.

Press gang? He wasn't actually hit with anything!

Sure. That might require some back and forth. But I've been inagreement with some of your positions on O.net as a place where an artist can exchange ideas with a business person, and vice versa.

Lars said:

Peter, thanks! On your first criteria, could you go into a little more detail: what would a "good" opportunity to cross-pollinate ideas look like? In other words, how would I know it if I saw it from your standpoint? I'll keep the other points on the back burner for now.

Peter Rees said:

I've been inagreement with some of your positions on O.net as a place where an artist can exchange ideas with a business person, and vice versa.

Peter,

which positions?

And: do you view the membership of omidyar.net as consisting (entirely) of "artists" and "business-persons"?

Also (both to Peter and Lars): do you feel the goal that the board should be working towards is a solution that might "satisfy" 70 or 700 or 7000 present members or a solution that might "satisfy" 7 billion people worldwide (including present members)?

BTW (just an aside): Do you sometimes search for "artists" and/or "business-persons" and/or "businesspersons" and/or "cross-pollination" and/or something like that?

nmw wrote:

do you feel the goal that the board should be working towards is a solution that might "satisfy" 70 or 700 or 7000 present members or a solution that might "satisfy" 7 billion people worldwide (including present members)?

Two part answer (doncha love 'em!):

• Ultimately, the board should be working to understand the shared need(s) of *active o.netters and to recommend a solution - or solutions - that responds to that.

• In my personal opinion the solution should:

  • Have a set of tools comparable to what O.netizens have become used to and enjoy here;
  • Enable easy integration with data O.netters wish to bring with them
  • Enjoy a substantial user base
  • Be scalable
  • Have a narrow issue-focus, or the capacity to narrowly address multiple issues

FWIW I rarely - if ever! - conduct a search for just "artists" - would often be accompanied by one or several modifiers, like "collage" artists...

[Edited to add] *This is tricky, as Peter point out below. I'd say "active" - for now - in the sense of anyone following and contributing substance to this "Transition" discussion.

Lars Hasselblad Torres said:

• Have a narrow issue-focus, or the capacity to narrowly address multiple issues

think about o.net and how its actually set up so that ON can work internally without us really ever knowing. If I were in that office environment, and had to walk in through a foyer that looked like the Cat in the Hat just had a birthday party as it were, well I might think about giving the squatters a boot too ;)