(Just reminding that Nat was not elected by the community, as Gnangarra
seems to think, but by the affiliates.)
Jan-Bart de Vreede <jan-bart(a)wikimedia.nl> escreveu no dia segunda,
22/06/2020 à(s) 17:26:
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…
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