Hi Florence, thank you for keeping the international community up to date.
I am glad to hear that the AG was successful. Frans
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2017-09-12 22:29 GMT+02:00 Samuel Klein
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> Thank you to Florence for the update and links. Thanks also for the public
> WMF report; and to the many members helping with the transformation. //SJ
>
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Florence Devouard
anthere@anthere.org
> wrote:
>
> > I thought the electoral commission would forward the results but over 24h
> > hours after the GA closed... apparently not.
> >
> >
> > So very brief summary:
> >
> >
> > Saturday, Wikimedia France held a full day General Assembly.
> >
> >
> > The agenda was here :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik
> > i/Wikimédia_France/Assemblée_générale/septembre_2017
> >
> > Results of votes are available there :
https://upload.wikimedia.org/w
> > ikipedia/commons/0/04/WMFR_AG_2017-09-09.pdf
> >
> >
> > Key points
> > * Emeric (chairman until end of June) resigned the day prior to the
> > General Assembly
> > * the remaining board (5 people) was constituted of Samuel (Chair),
> > Marie-Alice (Vice Chair), FloFlo (treasurer), Edouard and Florence
> Raymond
> > (not me...)
> > * Raymond, who was an appointed board member, was confirmed by the
> General
> > Assembly
> > * the General Assembly voted by 73% the "lack of trust" in the previous
> > board
> > * however, the General Assembly voted to retain the remainer of the
> > previous board despite the distrust, in order to allow transfer of
> > information and to support the new board during the audit.
> > * Floflo and Edouard will finish their term in 6 weeks (may resign
> > earlier). Samuel and Marie-Alice indicated they would resign at the
> > earliest convenience, only staying to help the transition and the audit
> >
> > * 6 new people were elected on the board. 4 for slightly more than a
> year,
> > 2 for a duration of 6 weeks. All of those are experienced members,
> > including former board members and former president (I suppose
> > presentations will follow next week)
> > * the chapter mailing list is reopened
> > * the members whose new memberships or renewal had been rejected will be
> > invited to re-apply
> > * the prior vote passed in July to expell members will be cancelled
> > * the GA also voted to support the adoption of a non-discrimination
> > policy, for a complete revamping of the conflict of interest committee,
> and
> > for a financial audit to be done.
> >
> > Sides notes
> >
> > Next General Assembly will take place around 20th of October and will be
> > the opportunity to elect new board members to fill the remaining seats.
> > Except for the appointed board member, it is likely the board will be
> > entirely renewed in the next few weeks (compared to this last summer
> one).
> >
> > Also, WMF published two documents to guide the next few months
> >
> >
> > WMFr site visit report - septembre 2017
> >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMFr_site_visit_report_-_septembre_2017
> >
> > Grant expectations for Wikimedia France - 2017-2018
> >
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_expectations_for_Wikim
> > edia_France_-_2017-2018
> >
> > I wish the best to the new board. They have a lot of work to do to
> rebuild
> > the complete mess left by the previous management. Please, help them as
> > much as you can.
> >
> > Florence
> >
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