[Foundation-l] [Announcement] board expansion

[effe iets anders]

Please note that there are more ways to have community involvement then by
voting process. As a Wikipedian, you should recognize that. Community seats
do not *have* to be voted upon, although that might be the most logical
choise. However, if there is not much time, there are several possibilities
to appoint people from the community as a board member while they have
community backup.

BR, Lodewijk

2007/12/22, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro op gmail.com>:
>
> On 12/22/07, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher op gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 22/12/2007, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro op gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 12/22/07, Florence Devouard <anthere op anthere.org> wrote:
> > > > Dear community
> > > >
> > > > The board recently passed a resolution, which you will find below
> > > >
> > > > In the aftermath of the resignation of Michael Davis (effective
> october
> > > > 31th, 2007) and Erik Moëller (effective december 15th, 2007), the
> board
> > > > confirms its will to replace the two former board members, as well
> as
> > > > its committment to expand the number of members on the board of
> > > > directors at the earliest convenience, up to a number of 11 members
> > > > maximum. Due to its commitment to involve members from the
> community, at
> > > > least half of the new members will be appointed for a term ending at
> the
> > > > next board elections, in june 2008.
> > >
> > > I just did a double-take; re-reading what aphaia wrote below...
> > >
> > > Surely, but surely, it cannot be that the idea is to have a final
> outcome
> > > that a minority of the seats will be those elected from the community.
> >
> > Given that a community election cannot be organised with a snap of the
> > fingers, is it not reasonable to appoint members for the five months
> > until the next scheduled election? (If
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008 is correct and it
> > is June 1-14) Seems like a good strategy to me...
> >
> > cheers
> > Brianna
>
> Well, that just begs the question, given that the elections cannot be
> organized in a hurry, why would there be an unseemly hurry to
> expand the board, without community involvement?
>
>
> --
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
>
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