Founder of the Wikimedia Foundation = One who founded/established the
foundation? Sorry; I didn't get your question.
Regards,
Jee
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for the assurance that the community
"directly and indirectly
influences 100% of the board".
Could someone point me to where this happened for the founder of the
Wikimedia Foundation?
Thanks again,
Fae
On 21 January 2014 17:28, Jan-Bart de Vreede <jdevreede(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hey
I am sure it is technically feasible, its just not realistic from a
hiring
perspective. I cannot tell a potential candidate that process
includes a public vetting process, this is something that is just not going
to happen. We are hiring an ED for the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Board
of Trustees of that Foundation is simply the body that is responsible for
the final decision on this.
I am not going to debate the different kinds of movement representation
in the
board, but I would argue that the community directly and indirectly
influences 100% of the board, as appointed members are appointed by
(s)elected members and the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation.
Jan-Bart
On 21 Jan 2014, at 15:57, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> Thanks for getting back to me.
>
> Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
>> There is no "community consultation" period in the selection proces.
It's
>> simply not feasible or desirable to have
someone have a public
"vetting"
>> phase.
>
> I'm not sure I understand how it would be infeasible. It's 2014, not
1814.
> I think we've figured out how to solicit
feedback in a timely manner.
>
> It seems less desirable to me to reduce the Wikimedia community to
waiting
> for the white smoke.
>
> The new Executive Director will be publicly vetted, to be sure, it just
> sounds as though it'll happen after or he or she has been firmly
appointed
> by the Board. It would be dishonest to
suggest that there's no merit to
> this approach, but I do wonder if it's in line with Wikimedia's values.
>
>> The good news is that you elected representatives on the board who
>> have a strong voice in the selection process and final approval.
>
> I'm not quite sure who "you" is, but only three of ten Board seats are
> directly elected. I suppose that's a strong voice?
>
> MZMcBride
>
>
>
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