On 6/9/06, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
2006/6/9, Angela beesley@gmail.com:
If it was intended for someone specifically, I would have asked that person privately rather than posting to the list. This was not intended as a "polite pretext" to anything, but a genuine query as to whether there would be anyone willing to be on the Board if the Board were about to appoint someone.
I definitely would be willing if asked, but I did not react because I considered myself too little qualified to actually run, solicit or whatever.
My main reason for not volunteering is not that I don't feel qualified (after watching the recent discussions in here, I realize that I am quite qualified for the role), but rather because I do not wish to make the time commitment required to serve on the Board as it currently operates.
Once the Wikimedia Board starts acting like a nonprofit board, cuts its meeting frequency to a more reasonable 3 to 6 meetings a year, and decides to delegate authority to an appropriate cast of professional and volunteer administrators (instead of trying to run the entire organization itself), then I would be interested. However, I simply don't have the time to participate in the micromanaging disaster that is the current Board of Directors; the way they're trying to run it is is a full-time job and I can't afford to give up my current full-time job for a position that doesn't pay anything.
Kelly