On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:32 PM Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Dariusz,
I am surprised your post has not attracted more attention. It's probably
because you did not spell out what the adopted recommendation involves. It
says (my emphases):[1]
*The Board of Trustees wants to improve the set of skills and the
diversity contributed by newly selected trustees. For this reason, the
Board has approved a new process to select two community-and-affiliate
trustees this year. The objective is to have two trustees confirmed by
October 1st. Affiliates will vote to pre-select 6 candidates. A community
vote will decide who from these 6 candidates will be recommended for the
two seats.*
This is a fundamental change to the WMF board election process. Many
people will feel that this further disenfranchises the volunteer community.
The effect of this is that the two seats which were in the past solely
elected by the Wikimedia Affiliates will now be elected through this
combined model where the affiliates shortlist 6 candidates and the
community elects two of them.
That is, to my mind, enfranchising the volunteer community to a greater
extent.