[Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

[John Vandenberg]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> No; it's open to several chapters. If you're planning on holding the
> process in private, it's in no way open to thousands of members - it's open
> to representatives of thousands of members who were not, I would wager,
> selected because of their opinions on wider movement governance.

I'll take your wager :P

Chapter board members are *constantly* swimming in both local and
wider movement governance issues.  The members of chapters should be
looking for board members who are able to effectively represent them
in those waters.

-- 
John Vandenberg