Hi Gnangarra
I find your request for Nat to resign uncalled for…. and not in the least because of the
common misconception you have with regards to the role of Board members of the Wikimedia
Foundation.
Quoting from the excellent Wikimedia Board Handbook(1)
"WMF is an entrusted steward within the Wikimedia movement. The Board's role (and
legal obligation) is to oversee the management of the organization and ensure that it
fulfills its mission and responsibilities as a steward. To help accomplish this, the Board
maintains a strong connection to the Wikimedia communities. For example, WMF's bylaws
require that a majority of Board seats (not including the Founder's seat and
non-member officer positions) be filled by candidates selected by the communities and
chapters, and appointed by the incumbent Board members - an unusual requirement for a
nonprofit board. Board members are often active community members as well. That said,
Board members have a fiduciary duty to represent the overall WMF interests during their
service on the Board – not just the interests of chapters or certain parts of the
communities. “
So while the community certainly gets to elect board members, these board members have
obligations once they are appointed to the board. And yes: that also means getting
community input, but all board members should be concerned with that, not just those
elected by the community.
Jan-Bart
On 22 Jun 2020, at 08:52, Gnangarra
<gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The choice is yours to resign because the The Board isnt considering the
community as a key part of what we have created, or because you
arent representing the community's voice on the Board.
1)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook#Fiducia…