Forgive my (usual ?) bluntness, but I don't think congratulations are in order for
undertaking the governance review ;-)
As a member and unwilling observer, I can tell you it was dearly needed, be it by internal
or external auditors, and mandated by the WMF.
However, as a long time member of the community and of Wikimedia France, I do salute the
effort of publishing the results of the review, as the previous board of directors
probably wouldn't have wanted to publish anything critical of their method of
governance ; and the review covers both old and more recent times.
That indeed deserves credit, so thank you Nadine !
@ Cornelius : smart thinking on your part, collecting them in one place. I hope there
won't be any more crisis requiring a governance review in one of our chapters, but in
any case it will be interesting for all chapters to know what to avoid in the future, and
where to look for it, so thank you as well.
Roger / Alphos
Le 9 juil. 2018 à 13:44, Chris Keating
<chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
Congratulations to Wikimedia France for undertaking this review and
publishing the results.
I believe all of the 3 governance reviews are important reading for
anyone involved with the WMF or any of the affiliates, and all have
important lessons for the movement. It's interesting to note that this
is the first one that touches on the WMF-affiliate relationship in
much detail.
Also - while so far governance reviews have only happened as a result
of a crisis, this doesn't have to be the case! I would urge Wikimedia
affiliates to take external advice on their governance, the
suggestions offered by governance experts who know the laws, norms and
cutlure in which you operate will be very helpful for you.
Chris
(who was Chair of Wikimedia UK at the point we had a governance review...)
On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 10:43 PM Nadine Le Lirzin
<nlelirzin(a)wikimedia.fr> wrote:
Hi all,
As announced last month on this list[1], the Governance Assessment Report
by external auditors "Associés en gouvernance" has been published, and we
want to share it with you.
The auditors did a great work, first in their rather good understanding of
our movement complexity, and then in the numerous improvement suggestions
they delivered.
The consultation of our members – to fully associate them to the rebuilding
– is still in progress. Main changes will be submitted to a vote at next
General Assembly, by the end of the year.
The document has been translated in English and is now available on
Commons[2].
May these suggestions be useful not only for Wikimédia France, but also for
any other chapter or affiliate that would be in need of governance advice
or ideas.
Best regards,
Nadine Le Lirzin
*Wikimedia France Board Secretary*
[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090413.html
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_France_-_Governance_Asses…
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