And Jan-Bart and Kul knows about European and Asia
laws? Jean-Bart and Kul
can go to General Assemblies? Jean Bart speak the 12-15 languages spoken in
European Chapters (i will not even mention how many languages Kul would need
to know to be the Asia representant)? Jan-Bart and Kul would decide what is
in the best insterest of the board they would be part in the chapter or the
for the interest of WMF?
And How many laws we need to change to allow them to be part of boards?
because many laws forbid foreigners to be board members (some laws - Like in
India) forbid even to be chapters members.
I'm sure we can come up with better ways to solve WMF- Chapters
communications issues that this.
_____
*Béria Lima*
<http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que
estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.*
On 2 September 2011 21:59, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)frontier.com> wrote:
On 9/2/2011 1:35 PM, Béria Lima wrote:
> *If the point is to improve communication,
then a more practical
approach
> might be to designate "observers"
who are not given authority but
merely sit
> in with a chapter board. That's assuming
that the chapter board level
is one
of the
places where it makes the most sense to add a communication
interface.
*
35 people from WMF to observ every single chapter?
It's not a
full-time job, since being a board member is not supposed to
be a full-time job either. I could imagine something like appointing
Jan-Bart as the observer for all European chapters, or Barry for all
Asian chapters (not that observers would necessarily have to be
Wikimedia board or staff). Again, I don't know that this is really the
best solution, but it's not completely impractical to arrange if such a
direction is chosen.
--Michael Snow
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