> It reminds me of the incredible voting
> system in Pakistan where non muslims are allowed to select a number of seats
> for the national assembly
Does that make any less sense than determining constituencies purely
by geography?
Actually it does, the National Assembly of Pakistan ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_National_Assembly ) is essentially based on the UK Parliamentary system of constituencies. Muslims voted in constituencies, non muslims voted for a number of seats Hindu, Singh, Ahmedi, Christian etc outside of constituency boundary.
A board seat for a representative of indigenous non English speakers would I presume only represent a member of the Celtic language speakers. The facts are that non-indigenous people who contribute to the WMF who speak languages at home or in prayer outweigh those whose languages are officail languages of the UK. It just seems bizarre.