I thought this was already announced in december or so? In my memory, correct me if I am wrong, the board has asked Anthere to extend her stay on the board with a year, as is I guess the right of the board. At that time when it was announced, I can not remember any protest on it, and I doubt there would be much problems with it. So I guess that you oversaw that announcement.
Lodewijk
2007/5/6, Alison Wheeler wikimedia@alisonwheeler.com:
On Sat, May 5, 2007 19:05, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
As most of you know we will be holding elections for the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees in the near future. Your elected representatives Erik Möller (Eloquence), Kat Walsh (Mindspillage) and Oscar van Dillen (Oscar) all have terms that expire on July 1st 2007.
I look back at [[Elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, 2005/En]] on meta and note that there were two Board members to be elected at that time, and that "We are voting for two positions. They will be elected for two years and there will be no distinction between them." At that "The election for 2005 now closed. Angela and Anthere were re-elected for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees".
However [[Board of Trustees]] on the Foundation site states "Florence Nibart-Devouard, Chair (term until June 2008)".
It would probably be sensible for all concerned (voters and prospective candidates) if clarification was made as to the manner, reason and timing of the - presumed - extension to Anthere's term was made unless this is a typo in the election notice given that her term was due to also terminate this year and I don't recall seeing a specific announcement of this change.
Regards
Alison Wheeler
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