El dom., 10 feb. 2019 22:15, Philip Kopetzky <philip.kopetzky(a)gmail.com>
escribió:
I just wanted to re-iterate Chris' point -
meetings and plans are starting
to be put together for the summit, so if this is actually happening, it
should start soon. (Just to appear as non-committal as possible ;-) )
Cheers,
Philip
Hey there - thanks for your messages. Just wanted to signal that info will
be coming out very shortly.
Kind regards,
María
On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 at 16:43, Chris Keating
<chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Maria,
I wondered if there was any news about whether the Board had, in the end,
adopted any of these proposals.
I see that the ASBS process is now on the agenda for the Wikimedia Summit
in late March. There is now not much time to figure out who is going to
run
this process and what the process will look
like!
Many thanks,
Chris
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 3:46 PM María Sefidari <msefidari(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Dear all,
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is considering amending the
Wikimedia Foundation Bylaws. Nataliia Tymkiv, Chair of the Board
Governance
Committee, is leading this process. She has
posted the proposed changes
on
Meta for discussion
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/December_2018_-…
> >
> prior to our vote on them during the Board meeting scheduled for
January
> 23, 2019. We invite you to comment on the
proposal's talk page. As
usual
in
> these cases, two weeks are provided for community comment, from
December
7
to December 21.
By making the proposed changes to the Bylaws, the Board intends to
achieve
three goals:
*1. Include User Groups in the trustee selection process*
Though User Groups have existed as a model of affiliation within the
Wikimedia movement for a number of years, they have not been included
together with Chapters and Thematic Organizations as participants in
selecting Wikimedia Foundation trustees. There are now over 100
recognized
User Groups, many of which represent emerging
communities within the
Wikimedia movement. The Board believes that the perspectives of User
Groups
combined with those of Chapters and Thematic
Organizations will lead to
the
selection of the best trustee candidates.
The Board acknowledges that the ongoing Wikimedia movement strategy
process
may result in changes to many aspects of the
Wikimedia movement,
including
the structure of movement affiliates. As a
result, any changes we make
now
> to the Foundation Bylaws regarding the role of affiliates in the
trustee
> selection process may need to be modified
again in the future, in turn
> requiring additional amendments to the Bylaws. However, the Board did
not
want to
delay providing User Groups with a voice in the upcoming 2019
trustee selection process.
*2. Raise term limits for trustees from two to three consecutive terms*
Term limits for trustees were added to the Bylaws in 2015. At the time,
there was a desire on the Board to bring in new voices and specific
skill-sets needed for the growth and development of Wikimedia projects.
The
> changes made at that time have resulted in some notable successes in
that
regard.
The Board remains committed to seeking out new voices, and
providing the community with ample opportunities to promote such voices
as
> candidates for the Board.
>
> As the Wikimedia movement and the Wikimedia Foundation think forward
> further to the future, the Board will need to oversee the Foundation in
> setting, following through on, and achieving longer-term goals. The
Board
> believes it will be better able to fulfill
its role if it allows for
the
> potential of a longer time on the Board for
individual trustees who
bring
> essential expertise and insight to the
Board. The possibility of
serving
one
additional term on the Board also reduces the amount of time the
Board
> and Foundation staff spend on trustee recruitment and onboarding.
Raising
the
maximum number of consecutive terms a trustee may serve from two to
three terms achieves these goals, and is also consistent with the
practice
of many other boards. Raising the maximum number
of terms that can be
served consecutively does not change the fact that the community,
including
affiliates, will continue to be able to determine
every three years
whether
or not to re-elect currently serving trustees or
whether to elect new
candidates - just as is the case now.
*3. Reaffirm the Board’s commitment to diversity*
The Wikimedia movement is global, built on a vision of reaching every
single human being and working toward a strategic goal of knowledge
equity
for all. The Board believes that it can best
serve the Wikimedia
Foundation
> and the movement by reflecting a wide range of human experiences. We
want
to
underscore and codify this belief in the Bylaws by adding express
language affirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion of all
voices,
throughout our communities - new, older and
emerging.
Kind regards,
María Sefidari
Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board
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