[Foundation-l] What the board is responsible of (was Re: Jimbo's Sexual Image Deletions)

[Casey Brown]

On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Mark Ryan <ultrablue at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have to agree with you, Anthere. It's starting to look like over
> time the role of the board has evolved from broad guidance and
> administration to some sort of twisted version of enwp's Arbitration
> Committee. When the board was first created, it wasn't particularly
> political and its members were simply those who were most well-known
> and respected from across the Wikimedia communities. Now, at least
> some of the board members appear to be of the opinion that they have
> become the ultimate arbiters of what should be included in Wikimedia
> projects. They are not, and this will eventually become patently clear
> to them when their seats are due for re-election.
>

Just throwing in a link to a page Anthere wrote summarizing the "role
of a board member", which might be useful here:
<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_member>

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Casey Brown
Cbrown1023