[Foundation-l] Chapter-selected Board seats - brainstorming

[Brianna Laugher]

Hello,

 I created a page on meta, where we can brainstorm about ways the
 chapters can determine their method for selecting Board seats.
 <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats>

 This is going to happen, so let us work together to get the best of all ideas.

 I put two sections, 1) "how to gather candidates" and 2) "how to
 select among candidates".

 I guess the traditional view goes like this:
 Community elected: 1) nominations from the community, 2) votes from
 the community (1p=1vote)
 Board appointed: 2) nominations and 1) votes from the Board (this has
 the inefficiency, that the Board may like to appoint someone who is
 not willing to serve)

 I find it interesting to consider mixing these up:
 a) Nominations from the community + votes from the chapters
 b) Nominations from the chapters + votes from the community

 Of course, for "the chapters", there are multiple possibilities - all
 members? comm members? one 'vote' per chapter? (each chapter has to
 reach a decision internally) all chapter 'votes' equal? proportional
 to membership? something else?

 I look forward to seeing what ideas others have.

 cheers,
 Brianna

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