[Foundation-l] Frieda Brioschi resigns from the Wikimedia Board of Trustees

[oscar van dillen]

well, but i seem to recall a similar situation has occurred before?

all the best,
oscar

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Philippe Beaudette <
philippebeaudette at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think it's quite that simple, Oscar.
>
> The same announcement says: "Both the community-elected and chapter-
> selected seats have a duration of two years. These seats will expire
> in alternating years, which means that community-elected seats will be
> up for renewal on the July 1st 2009, 2011, and 2013, and chapter-
> selected seats will be up for renewal on July 1st 2010, 2012, 2014,
> etc."
>
> It doesn't say anything about filling seats upon resignation or
> retirement.
>
> A strict construction reading will not be helpful here, I think.
>
> _____________________
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> philippebeaudette at gmail.com
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>
>
>
> On Sep 9, 2008, at 8:33 PM, oscar van dillen wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net>
> > wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >> I expect we will consider various
> >> options on whether and how to fill the vacancy at our next meeting,
> >> which is scheduled for October in San Francisco.
> >
> >
> > "various options"? well, it seems rather simple to me:
> >
> > looking at
> >
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcementi
> > read
> > * "Three seats elected by you, the community"
> >
> > one of these now being vacant, new elections are called for imho...
> >
> > all the best,
> > oscar
> >
> > --
> > *edito ergo sum*
> >
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