I agree. Experience cautions against expectations of perfection as our
hopes and dreams often become victims of cold reality. I think it is our
friend Katie who says that experience is a good school, but one for which
the fees are high. She is proven to be correct, time and time again.
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:36 PM Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I really didn't want to get involved in this, but I'm impulsive. However,
my impulsiveness and my prudence have agreed that
all I will do is
acknowledge that, yes, the Chair of any charity is a special role with
special responsibilities.I encourage members to think about that.
Yes, that's true. Though so far in Wikimedia UK's history, we've always
trusted the Board to appoint a Chair who's effective in the post. It's
mainly worked pretty well, and I have a lot of confidence in the current
Board to find someone good.
However, it is worth thinking about what happens if someone turns out to
be a poor Chair. In which case, it's a simple matter for the Board to
remove them - there only needs to be a majority vote in a board meeting. Or
more likely, they'll quickly get the message and resign before they're
sacked.
Chris
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