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

[Thomas Dalton]

>  Proportional chapter seats would mean 2 Board members from WM DE :) --
>  which leads us to the same situation like we have with en.wp at the
>  project level.

Yeah, that's definitely an issue that needs to be addressed. They're
chapter seats, not WMDE seats. There are ways of doing something close
to proportional representation without giving a large chapter too much
weight (just cap the votes at 40% of the total, or something, would be
simplest, more complicated would be some kind of logarithmic
apportionment - lots of options to discuss).

I think there ought to be an "Inter-chapter council" with
representatives of all the chapters (perhaps with proportional voting,
perhaps one-vote per chapter, probably depends mostly on what they're
voting on - the main purpose of the council would be coordination, not
making binding decisions). Perhaps they could then appoint the board
members (so the membership of the chapters elect representatives who
elect the board members, cf. US Electoral College). Doing it that way
increases the chance of the chapters choosing someone based on
qualifications, not nationality. (If it's just done as an open vote,
I'm sure people will consider candidates from other countries, but
there will always be a bias towards your compatriots. This bias is
reduced is there is informed discussion among a small group.)