[Wikimedia-l] Board structure (Was: New Elections Committee)

Pine has a point. We all know that the founder seat will go eventually. Whether it goes on the death or incapacity of the founder or earlier is a valid question for the board and the community. I'm not convinced that an elections committee should be deciding which posts to elect, and even if such governance issues do fall into its remit they should probably focus on how to elect first. So I'd say this should be a board decision. As for the arguments to retain a founder seat for the next few decades, I suggest that those who favour such a position try to couch their arguments in terms of institutional knowledge, the value of an element of continuity and the positives for the community to still retain such a link with our founder. Then hope that the incidents of a few months ago fade in memory and are not repeated. There is a case to be made for a founder seat, but as with any argument in this community there are ways to argue respectfully and effectively, and there are arguments that undermine your cause and weaken your reputation. WereSpielChequers On 26 July 2016 at 06:39, &lt;wikimedia-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>