That's really helpful Chris.
So glad that we've all moved on and forgotten about events that
happened so long ago that my grandparents, uncle, niece, and three
relatives that did not have proper funerals last year were alive back
then.
I guess there's more important things for us volunteers to worry about.
Cheers,
Fae
On Tue, 25 May 2021 at 21:36, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Chris