On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
Just to clarify
one point, the chapters committee is not an
inter-chapter structure, but a committee appointed by the Board of
Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, which lends a hand to the Board
and chapters coordinator (myself) on the Foundation side, as well as
helps new and existing chapters when it comes to chapters matters.
Its main task in the past months has been the guidance of new would-be
chapters in their first steps towards officialisation as Wikimedia
chapters.
Cheers,
Delphine
If there is no "inter-chapter structure", how
will the Chapters vote on two people for the new
positions?
We make something up that works, by trial and error. Very much similar to
how Wikipedia works.
The way I see it is this: the foundation offers the chapters to select two
of the seats on the board of trustees. Now it's our (the chapters') job to
figure out what way of choosing the people for those two seats works best
for us. I see this as an outstanding opportunity for chapters to grow closer
together and improve communication among themselves. There's always been
talk about how valuable it would be for chapters to work closer together.
Now there's yet another good incentive to do so.
Sebastian