> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:15:26 +0300
> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
>
> Since we are a Voluntary NGO I think your experience and opinion moves
> me.The Board members will be volunteering and as such I hope we won't
> have much feud over positions as the "Bigger" the position,the more
> work is involved...I agree lets elect Board members as A Block and
> then they can sort among themselves...
> Cheers
>
> On 7/13/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Yay, to Asaf! At least I got someone to back me up :)
> >
> > From: abartov@wikimedia.org
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:39:14 -0700
> > To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
> >
> > My two cents, just out of personal experience (definitely not a Foundation
> > position!) --
> > I think Abbas's suggestion is more practical. Pick the group of people who
> > would (collectively) provide the best leadership for WMKE, and let them
> > figure out what division of labor within the board makes sense to them. My
> > experience in NGOs (I have founded 2 and been a board member in 4) is that
> > that is the best way to get good results.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Asaf
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Limoke Oscar <oslimoke@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Abbas,
> >
> > I think someone would vie for a post s/he thinks he can comfortably
> >
> > serve.I mean I wouldnt say vie for a secretary if am not
> >
> > interestde.Let someone choose a position s/he thinks he is in a
> >
> > position to serve.
> >
> > Another drawback is that how would the 'creme de le creme' decide
> >
> > amongst themselves who should be chair,vice ans staff?wouldn't this
> >
> > cause some cold blood and tension among themselves?
> >
> >
> >
> > On 7/13/11, Abbas Mahmood <abbasjnr@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Oscar,
> >
> >>
> >
> >>> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:37:57 +0300
> >
> >>> From: oslimoke@gmail.com
> >
> >>> To: wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org
> >
> >>> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Bylaws: ChapCom's Comments
> >
> >>
> >
> >>
> >
> >>> About Electing the Board,members should be electing a position
> >
> >>> based.i.e electing X for the post of Chairperson and so forth....
> >
> >>
> >
> >> Erm, I think this type of method has a disadvantage: for instance, 5
> >> people
> >
> >> vie for the Chairperson seat and maybe only 1 person vies for the
> >> Secretary
> >
> >> post; definitely, the Secretary will get elected; since (s)he has no
> >
> >> competitor, and maybe out of the 4 that lost the Chair's seat, one of them
> >
> >> could have been a better Board member than the secretary who had won. What
> >
> >> I'm trying to say is that i think it's better for voters to vote for their
> >
> >> best top 5 candidates; and the Board members will later on delegate their
> >
> >> respective positions themselves. By doing so, we will get the creme de la
> >
> >> creme to be on the Board.
> >
> >> Abbas.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Limoke Oscar,
> >
> > mayenge.blogspot.com
> >
> > Freelancer,
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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> > Asaf Bartov
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> >
> >
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