For those who are interested in cooption (appointing) of (volunteer) board members, I can recommend you to read the documentation of the Wikimedia Conference 2017 session "Cooption in Wikimedia boards": https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Program/45. Itzik Edri (WMIL), Michael Maggs (WMUK) and Nataliia Tymkiv (WMF) explained how their organizations' appointing processes, structures and experiences are.
Best regards Cornelius
On 30 November 2017 at 14:53, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < rientjes@wikimedia.nl> wrote:
Hi Liam,
Just a small point of clarification: in Wikimedia Nederland the Board does not have the possibility to appoint new Board Members. The General Assembly 'appoints' (i.e. elects) all members of the Board.
Regards,
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2017-11-30 14:35 GMT+01:00 Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com:
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?
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On 30 November 2017 at 14:08, Tim Moritz Hector < tim-moritz.hector@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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