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Posted: Fri 24 Jun , 2005 7:00 am
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The founders of Board77 began inviting friends to join the board at the end of December, 2004. Whoever was on the board at that time simply proposed friends for membership and all would vote on their acceptance. In keeping with the principle that all members should have equal say in the running of the board, new members who registered were also allowed to propose their own friends for membership. As a result, the number of new members grew exponentially during the first three months of 2005.

An invitation forum had been created for voting on new member acceptances. As friends began to invite friends, the number of people who actually knew the invitee became smaller and smaller relative to the number of people voting on their acceptance. Members tried to work out a voting scheme that would give adequate but not undue weight to objections. It was, however, increasingly clear that the Board was becoming too large to deal with membership questions by means of a voting process.

Generally, with the membership growing exponentially, questions about how the board would be governed as a democracy loomed large in our minds. On March 4, Board77 decided to form a committee for resolving our governance issues and writing our Charter. Because the number of voting members needed to remain stable for ratification, it was decided to halt all invitations as of March 7, 2005.

At this point, news of Board77’s existence had spread and members were appearing from the ‘outside’ attempting to register. It was unpleasant for us to tell people that the board was temporarily closed, especially as the charter-writing process took much longer than anyone expected. But the creation of a long-lasting community with member moderation was important enough to us to maintain our resolve to finish the Charter and open the board permanently.

Managing the early growth of Board77 has been an important part of our history. Some of the relevant discussion is preserved here to show how the character of the board evolved during those early months, when an invitation process was in place and we considered how to open to the public without sacrificing the character of our closely-knit community.

Threads are listed in the order in which they were opened. All dates and times are Greenwich Mean Time.

Multiple ID's on Board 77
Opened Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:54 am

Invite time frames(tied, so exec decision for 9 days!)
Opened Mon Jan 24, 2005 4:23 am

What Do You Want the Invite Ballot to Say?
Opened Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:30 pm

Should Simple Majority Rule?
Opened Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:37 pm

Veto Option on Invitations
Opened Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:18 am

Opening up B77
Opened Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:55 pm

If the invite process is shortened, how short should it be?
Opened Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:24 pm

Invites Halted as of March 7, 2005. PLEASE READ!
Opened Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:55 am

Discussion of Invite Forum Deletion
Opened Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:55 am

b77 -- open or invite-only or what?
Opened Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:39 pm

Should we temporarily restart the Invite process?
Opened Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:55 pm

Inviting the whole "someday" list at once
Opened Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:00 am

Last Discussion evah about opening board77
Opened Mon May 02, 2005 3:29 pm

Thinking of England Forum and Opening the Board
Opened Wed May 04, 2005 6:30 pm

Vote on When to Open the board - Resolved!
Opened Sat May 07, 2005 12:11 am

Discussion: Read only forums for non-members
Opened Wed May 25, 2005 10:21 pm

Forum Readability by non-Members: Results
Opened Mon Jun 20, 2005 4:14 pm

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