That I definitly will :)
And at the end of the day we will make a decision and provide reasoning.
Just wanted to give you my personal opinion too.
And I really did miss the question, sorry about that.
Have a great day,
Le 26 juil. 2016 7:50 AM, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
In the time that it took me to compose my answer to
Gerard's question,
Christophe answered. (:
Christophe, I am glad to hear that this will be a part of the governance
review. I would suggest keeping an open mind about this and letting the
process take its course.
Pine
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Christophe Henner <chenner(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
> Hey,
> The question is not on the table
right now.
> We're working to perform a
gouvernance audit, board composition will be
> part of it.
> Now, my personal opinion is it's
neither urgent nor critical. And on top
of
> that I'm not sure it would be a good idea.
> All that being said, I'm sure it
will come up during the gouvernance
> review.
> And yes I missed it, sorry. Gérard,
no need for such email, just, as Pine
> did, reask the question :)
> Have a nice day
> Le 26 juil. 2016 6:54 AM, "Pine
W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
> > Hi BGC,
>
> > I asked a question earlier
in this thread which seems to have been
> > overlooked. Is the BGC (or the Board as a whole) considering whether
the
> > Founder's seat will become an elected seat in the forseeable future?
>
> > Pine
>
> > On Jul 20, 2016 21:20,
"Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks Daruisz and all
who worked on this.
> >
> > > Looking at the
bigger picture, the tone and pace of changes in WMF
> > > governance over the past few months feel like a breath of fresh air.
I
> > hope
> > > that this direction and pace continue.
> >
> > > Speaking of
elections and governance, will the Founder's seat become
an
> > > elected seat? It may be too early to answer this question, but I hope
> > that
> > > the BGC gives it some careful thought.
> >
> > > Thanks again,
> >
> > > Pine
> >
> > > On Jul 20, 2016
18:00, "Dariusz Jemielniak" <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl>
wrote:
> >
> > >> Dear members
of the Wikimedia community,
> > >>
> > >> As you know the board passed a resolution allowing for the creation
> of a
> > >> standing Elections Committee in November of last year [1]. Per the
> > >> implementing resolution, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has
> > >> appointed
> > >> the initial members from the recommendation of the Executive
Director
> and
> >> her staff. We will be starting with 6 committee members:
> >>
> >>
> >> -
> >>
> >> User:Ajraddatz
> >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ajraddatz>
> >> -
> >>
> >> User:Mardetanha
> >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mardetanha>
> >> -
> >>
> >> User:Ruslik0
> >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ruslik0>
> >> -
> >>
> >> User:Philippe
> >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Philippe
>slate
> >> -
> >>
> >> User:KTC <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/KTC>
> >> -
> >>
> >> User:Atropine
> >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Atropine>
> >>
> >>
> >> They will be joined by two official advisors from the Wikimedia
> >> Foundation:
> >>
> >>
> >> -
> >>
> >> James Alexander (Manager, Trust & Safety) from Community
Engagement
>>
-
>>
>> Stephen LaPorte (Senior Legal Counsel) from the WMF Legal team
>>
>>
>> They will also be working closely with the BGC as a whole and
especially
> >> Nataliia and me. Because I may consider applying as a candidate in
the
> >> upcoming community-selection
process I will be recusing for any
> >> discussions
> >> involving that election[2].
> >>
> >> The new committee, along with the BGC, will, of course, be able to
> choose
> >> how many members and advisors they truly need and how to recruit the
> best
> >> candidates. One of the first orders of business for the committee
will
> be
> >> to decide on a process for expanding its membership through some
form
of
> >> open call. While there is an enormous amount of work for the
committee
> to
> >> do, it can be expected that they will begin looking at:
> >>
> >>
> >> -
> >>
> >> The selection of a committee Chair
> >> -
> >>
> >> The dates and process for the upcoming community selection
process
(and
>> consider shortening the terms and having community elections in
early
>
2017,
> so that the elected members would join the Board at April
meeting[3]).
>> -
>>
>> The method of voting for that process both for the upcoming
selection
> >> and the future and
> >> -
> >>
> >> The composition of the board and how to ensure a steady supply of
> good
> >> candidates (in particular, making sure that the candidates have
the
> >> skills and expertise matching
the Board skill matrix while making
> sure
> >> that
> >> the process is still owned by the community[4]).
> >>
> >>
> >> Just as the BGC is committed to greater transparency (see for
example
our
> recent minutes[5]), the committee will likely
consult with the wider
> Wikimedia community in developing and revising election procedures
within
>> the scope of this charter to the greatest extent possible.
>>
>> This day has been a long time coming and is the result of requests
made
by
> multiple different temporary election
committees over the years. I'm
glad
>> to finally see it come to fruition and hope that it will allow our
>> selection process to continue to expand and improve well beyond the
>> record-breaking election we had in 2015.
>>
>> Before I sign off I also wanted to call out the amazing work of the
2015
> >> temporary Election Committee[6]. They were put together in 2015 to
do
> one
> >> thing: run an election. They did that well (with almost 3x the
> >> participation of the next largest year) but then they went well
beyond
> the
> >> call of duty in serving as an advisory body to the board, offering
> >> invaluable feedback on how to fill the empty community selected
seats
> we
> > >> saw this year. They did not have to do this, but they did it anyway,
> > and I
> > >> hope that everyone can acknowledge the stress and courage that took.
> > >>
> > >> Please join me in thanking the 2015 committee and welcoming the new
> > >> standing committee!
> > >>
> > >> Dariusz Jemielniak ("pundit", current Board member)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> - [1]
> > >>
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Elections_Committee
> > >> - [2] See also my disclosure to the BGC on that matter:
> > >>
> > >>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
> > >> - [3]
> > >>
> > >>
>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-June/084592.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> - [4]
> > >>
> > >>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
> > >> - [5]
> > >>
> > >>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
> > >> - [6]
> > >>
> > >>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Committ…
> >>
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