Meanwhile, I go on holidays :-) (good food, good wine, cheers, presents, compliments and generally good will and good feelings)

The board recently agreed to expand the board up to 11 people. Some of the board seats will be up for elections, including mine. I am not sure yet how many seats will be available, this will be clarified in the following weeks. But it seems clear there will be at least 3 seats. I wanted to give you a pre-position on this matter. In june 2008, I will complete 4 years on the board, including 1 year and a half as chair. I stopped working just 2 years ago, immediately before the birth of my third child. I now wish to officially be in activity again (meaning: working for a salary :-)). A month and a half ago, I registered myself as looking for a job (http://www.anpe.fr/) and am every week meeting professionals to work on my professional project. And to be fair, I am not really sure how compatible it is to manage family/WMF/job. I also think I may be able to help the projects by continuing my activity within Wikimedia France and indicated some time ago, my interest for being a candidate at the next board election (january or february 08). As such, I would be happy to start the discussion as to who would be interested/willing joining the board of WMF (as appointed or as elected), and who would be potentially interested in the role of chair in the future. Meanwhile, I go on holidays :-) (good food, good wine, cheers, presents, compliments and generally good will and good feelings) Cheers Ant _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Sure! 11 like a soccer team.

Anthere, Is there a rationale behind the number 11? Is it because 11=10+1 ? I ask this because, even though in principle, more people should get more work done, the relationship need not be linear. And it also costs more. h. On 22/12/2007, Florence Devouard <anthere(a)anthere.org> wrote: _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

On Dec 28, 2007 5:16 PM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote: If the Board drafts David Beckham, do we get a package deal for Wiki Spice along with?

I am aware this will make more difficult for all members to meet together and should increase costs for meetings. However, it seems to be a more reasonable number to welcome both community members and outsiders, avoid putting too much constant pressure on volunteers, provide more diversity of skills and allow room for resignations...

outsiders" (since Jan-Bart, originally designed an outsider expert claimed proudly to be a part of community [cf. Board Election 2007] and another appointed ex-life member Jimmy is even considering to run for the next Election, this argument makes a sense, I think), "more diversity and room for resignation". However, since all Wikimedia Board of Trustees are volunteers, while they take many responsibilities and take care of things in reality not only the highest level of management, but still they are volunteers, it is rather difficult for me to figure out how this increment can help avoid "putting too much constant pressure on volunteers".

Thanks for your reply, Florence. On Dec 30, 2007 12:48 AM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote: I've taken the point about "more reasonable number to welcome both community members and proudly to be a part of community [cf. Board Election 2007] and another appointed ex-life member Jimmy is even considering to run for the next Election, this argument makes a sense, I think), "more diversity and room for resignation". However, since all Wikimedia Board of Trustees are volunteers, while they take many responsibilities and take care of things in reality not only the highest level of management, but still they are volunteers, it is rather difficult for me to figure out how this increment can help avoid "putting too much constant pressure on volunteers". Can you please give us some examples to deepen our comprehension? Cheers, -- KIZU Naoko http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Britty (in Japanese) Quote of the Day (English): http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/WQ:QOTD _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

I agree with Thomas Dalton as well. Jimmy should be appointed, not elected, since he's going to win anyway, we can better use that elected seat. -Dan On Dec 29, 2007 1:27 PM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <newyorkbrad(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Dan Rosenthal _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

On 29/12/2007, hillgentleman <hillgentleman.wikiversity(a)gmail.com> wrote: We're not talking about RFA here, board elections are a secret ballot. There is no discussion along with the vote itself. We can have an informal discussion whether there's a vote or not. Just start a discussion on meta and point people towards it - I imagine the board would at least glance at it before making a decision on appointments. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

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