[Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed

[FT2]

In the sense of members as "participants", the world and our readers are
ultimately our "members".

If one considers "members" to be "those who tangibly contribute" then I
would say Wikimedia is not a "members club". Its work is not done "by
members for benefit of members". It exists on a voluntary basis for the
world as a whole, ie non-members (by that definition), and that is where our
focus should always ultimately end up.

FT2



On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:28 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk at googlemail.com>wrote:

> 2011/3/20 marcos <tal_tor9 at yahoo.es>:
> > I agree with FT2. Give right to vote to the donors looks like a bad idea,
> for several reasons, especially because it is not good for a charitable
> entity that its donors have the possibility of deciding its future policy
> ...
> >
>
> Hm, it is actually very common that those who pay a fee have voting
> rights, we usually call them "members". :-)
>
> I understand well that those who already have voting rights are
> reluctant to extend them to other people. The ideas of the election
> committee deserve more consideration. If donors can vote isn't that
> similar to a membership the Foundation had planned in its very
> beginning?
>
> Kind regards
> Ziko
>
>
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> Ziko van Dijk
> The Netherlands
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