Congratulations, Peter and Gabriele, and WMDE.
Liam, to your question, at least one other chapter has appointed board
members: Wikimedia Israel.
A.
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:36 AM Liam Wyatt <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for this information Tim, and welcome Peter,
and Gabriele!
I know that the boards of Wikimedia- Germany, France, UK and Netherlands
have "appointed" seats (also known as "external" or
"expert" seats), and so
too does the WMF. I assume that the formal legal process for these are all
different according to local laws, but I also assume that the purpose is
roughly the same: to ensure there is diversity of expertise and opinions,
to fill specifically identified skill gaps, and to guard against a mere
'popularity contest' election.
Do any other Chapters have "appointed" seats on their boards? Have some
Chapters tried, but rejected the concept?
wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
On 30 November 2017 at 14:08, Tim Moritz Hector <
tim-moritz.hector(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
Hi all,
just a short rectification: We have up to 2 (not 3) appointed seats in
the
board. So in total our board consists of 9
members: 7 elected by the
general assembly and 2 appointed.
I am happy that now, with the appointment of Gabriele and Peter, we have
all seats on our board filled.
Best regards,
Tim
2017-11-30 13:47 GMT+01:00 Tim Moritz Hector
<tim-moritz.hector@wikimedia.
de
:
Dear all,
I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia Deutschland’s Board has taken
the opportunity to appoint two new members for the first time. Dr.
Gabriele
> Theren and Peter Dewald are taking appointed seats in our board.
>
> After our general assembly decided to make way for up to 3 appointed
> seats, we created a profile of skills we would like to add to the
board.
We
focussed on the future of Wikimedia Deutschland,
strategically and
financially, and got about 60 applications. Many of them showed
impressive
> profiles, striving for Free Knowledge.
>
> We decided for Gabriele, who is a trained lawyer, mediator and serves
as
department head in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the
German
> federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. We also elected Peter who has 35 years
of
> expertise as managing director at Apple and
the software group Sage,
was
> member of the board of Germany’s digital
association Bitkom and has a
lot
> of experience in volunteer work.
>
> Both will be members of the board until the next election by the
general
assembly
in about one year. Please join me in welcoming Gabriele and
Peter
to the Wikiverse.
Best regards,
Tim Moritz Hector
--
Tim Moritz Hector
Chair of the Board
Wikimedia Deutschland
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