James Heilman <jmh649@gmail.com> wrote:

> All boards members of the WMF are required legally to represent the

> interests of the WMF no matter how they arrived on the board. However, when
> I was on the board I viewed the best interests of the foundation and
> community as inseparable as neither can succeed without the other.

Could we please have a lawyer explain how that works? If a Board member believes that the interests of their community electorate and the Wikimedia Foundation as it currently exists are at odds, are they allowed to vote in favor of the community? If not, why not?