To align ideas and input ideas. One individual, the leader of that advisory board, has decision-making power.
For those who strongly advise against the concept of an advisory board
We would reverse the question:
What if the KERI plan and your concept are incompatible with Sam’s wish? How important is it to you to operate as a unit?
The question is whether we need an advisory board with final decision-making power over the foundation at this stage.
For us, it is a clear ‘no’ to that question. Despite that, we have foreseen the appointment of one person from that advisory board with decision-making power.
The advisory board we envision has decision-making power via its chairman having a seat with voting rights on the board of directors. Based on consensus, they should get on the advisory board first instead of slowing down decision-making and operations by having a (growing) bunch of people with individual interests and agendas that consume valuable time. It doesn’t add value or speed up the delivery of the 5Ws at this stage.