Not sure paying membership is a requirement for direct elections. Wiki Project Med Foundation has elections but free membership (one just needs to be an active editor in good standing or otherwise involved).
James
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 5:46 PM Leo Z leo@asianmonth.wiki wrote:
Wikimedia Foundation is not a membership-based organization, you don’t pay a membership dues like those of many professional organizations. Henceforth, it is theoretically cannot be an election which would not be legally enforceable without registered voting members, that’s paying members with verified identity. The community wide voting is structured to function like an election, and I have no doubt the board of trustee will follow established convention on this matter.
Hope this clear some of your confusion.
Best, Leo On Sep 11, 2021, 11:25 PM +0800, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk, wrote:
On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 19:16, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com wrote:
My good wishes to all the newly selected board members of Wikimedia Foundation.
AIUI, they are not yet board members, nor are they guaranteed to be. The Trust's bylaws[1] state, at Article IV, Section 3(C) (my **emphasis**):
(iii) The Board will appoint candidates who are **nominated** through this process, subject to Article IV, Section 3(A), and other provisions of these Bylaws. In the event that a candidate is selected who does not meet the requirements of Article IV, Section 3(A) or other requirements of these Bylaws, or of applicable state or federal law, the Board will (a) **not appoint the candidate**, (b) declare a vacancy on the Board, and (c) fill the resulting vacancy, subject to this Section 3 and to Article IV, Section 6 below.
while Article IV, Section 3(A) says:
(i) The Board shall be composed of Trustees with a diverse set of talents, experience, backgrounds, and competencies that will best fulfill the mission and needs of the Foundation, **as determined by the Board**. The Board is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion both in terms of trustee composition and in other aspects of its work.
Together, these seem to give the Board the option to "determine" that the "nominated" individuals would not create a board with "a diverse set of talents, experience, backgrounds, and competencies" and to reject one or more of them.
Furthermore, it seems to make a lie of the claim [2] that "Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect four candidates to a three-year term.", if, in fact, we merely "nominate" people for the Board to consider.
I'd like to think I'm wrong. Can anyone show me how I am?
[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bylaws
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021
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