I fully subscribe to that notion. The board has to be equipped with members, who are primarily selected for their adherence with the core values of the Wikiverse, the five pillars[1]. The WMF is not, and should never be, anything like a corporation, it's an educational charitable non-profit NGO.
"Member of the board" is not just a job but but a trusted position based primarily on virtue, credibility and values.
Outside advise should be fetched either ad hoc or with some kind of standard procedure from experts, like an advisory board.
Sänger
[1]https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values
Andreas Kolbe schrieb: I've never understood why corporate appointees like Guy Kawasaki or the just-departed Arnnon Geshuri are voting board members, instead of being on the Advisory Board.
The board structure needs to be revised, and brought in line with basic democratic principles.
Andreas
Hoi, The purpose of a board is to function and do its job. When basic and specialised skills are of no relevance, the board will become a mouth piece of the organisation and that is worse. So no, you are wrong. Thanks, GerardM
On 29 January 2016 at 16:51, Uwe Herzke uwe.herzke@web.de wrote:
I fully subscribe to that notion. The board has to be equipped with members, who are primarily selected for their adherence with the core values of the Wikiverse, the five pillars[1]. The WMF is not, and should never be, anything like a corporation, it's an educational charitable non-profit NGO.
"Member of the board" is not just a job but but a trusted position based primarily on virtue, credibility and values.
Outside advise should be fetched either ad hoc or with some kind of standard procedure from experts, like an advisory board.
Sänger
[1]https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values
Andreas Kolbe schrieb: I've never understood why corporate appointees like Guy Kawasaki or the just-departed Arnnon Geshuri are voting board members, instead of being
on
the Advisory Board.
The board structure needs to be revised, and brought in line with basic democratic principles.
Andreas
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