Der Lodewijk,
Thank you for the message, the threshold has indeed been reached, and
the WMFR board has communicated that they will have the GA asap. The
official number of people requesting the GA is of 73 as of now.
The emphasis on democratic chapters is indeed important. People are
now discussing freely on the public list, and it’s great because they
are starting to reflect on what they want for the future, and also
have spokesmen and women for the organisation of the GA. I think this
was really needed and the discussion is really refreshing after months
of moderation.
Kind regards,
Natacha / Nattes à chat
Le 13 juil. 2017 à 11:32, Lodewijk
<lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> a
écrit :
Thanks Natacha.
I see that 70 members have requested a General Assembly to be held. I
remember from WMFR's bylaws that 25% of the membership can force the
board
to call a General Assembly, or do it themselves. Is this request
formulated
in such a manner? What is the required threshold?
This is a terribly sad situation WMFR finds itself in. There are no
winners, and trying to continue this struggle can only create bigger
losses
on all sides.
I hope an assembly can be held soon, and that a democratic decision
can be
prepared there, where the membership can give its trust to a board -
either
providing the current board (with a majority of board-appointed
members, if
I understand correctly) with the much needed moral authority, or by
electing a new board that can start afresh.
This is why we have always put so much emphasis on having democratic
chapters where the members can in the end intervene.
Lodewijk
(snipping the messages below, as the software complains it's too long)
2017-07-13 10:21 GMT+02:00 Natacha Rault
<n.rault(a)me.com>om>:
> Dear All,
>
> As some anglophone wikimedians wanted an English version, we have
> translated the time line in English concerning what is happening in
> the
> French chapter, although surely we still have to clarify and correct
> mistakes. You can find it here:
https://www.mathisbenguigui.eu
> /wikimedia-timeline/indexEN.html <https://www.mathisbenguigui.e
> u/wikimedia-timeline/indexEN.html>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Nattes à chat / Natacha
>
>
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