[Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

[Kropotkine_113]

I just ask few questions. I did not mention conflict of interest nor
community upset in my post. I'm not a high-volume Foundation-l poster
(maybe 1 or 2 posts in three years), but an intensive reader. 

About the nominating commitee, in this Q&A page :
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcement_Q%26A
I read :
 
"Q : How will the Board appoint the "specific experts" seats? 
A : Beginning in January 2009, four Trustees will be appointed by the
Board from a list of candidates selected by nominating commitee." 

Which is slighty different than "the nomitaning commitee help the board
to locate promising candidates".


Sorry to disturb your foundation-l but I just want to have some
explanations that I didn't find in this thread. Is this possible ? If
not, no problem, I'll go back to other activities. 


Kropotkine_113



Le mercredi 26 août 2009 à 14:01 -0400, Nathan a écrit :
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kropotkine_113 <Kropotkine113 at free.fr>wrote:
> 
> > Just few questions to make my opinion.
> >
> > Has Matt Halprin been designated to the Board by the Nominating Commitee
> > (NOMCOM) ? This is explicity required if I read correctly this page :
> >
> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcement_Q%26A
> >
> > If he has, when ? Before or after the 2M$ grant negociation ?
> >
> > Does he fulfill the Nomitanig Commitee selection criterion : "Membership
> > in the Wikimedia community" ?
> >
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nominating_Committee/Selection_criteria#General_needed_traits
> >
> > Where is the list of the other candidates designated by the NOMCOM ?
> >
> > Could we see the discussions and the recommandations of the nominating
> > commitee ?
> >
> > Is it possible to know which member of the Board of Trustees agree this
> > appointment ? Or at least juste the repartition support/against in the
> > Board ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kropotkine_113
> >
> 
> 
> You're misunderstanding the role of the nominating committee and the
> selection criteria page. The criteria page, as it notes, is for
> brainstorming the type of candidate characteristics the Board needs. The
> nominating committee is a group of folks whose role is to help the board
> locate promising candidates. Authority to appoint Board members (elected or
> otherwise) rests with the Board.
> 
> The agita over Halprin's appointment is a little overwrought. Allusions to
> community upset or hints at conflicts of interest won't be taken seriously
> unless some evidence of an actual problem can be presented. In what
> situations precisely will a conflict of interest occur? What evidence is
> there that the wider community has any problem with this at all, or is
> likely to, aside from a few high-volume Foundation-l posters?
> 
> I'm amazed that it hasn't ever hit some people that a confrontational and
> self-righteous approach is quite rarely effective at getting results when
> your voice is your only power.
> 
> Nathan
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