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

Oliver Keyes okeyes at wikimedia.org
Wed Feb 1 23:46:04 UTC 2012


Oh, agreed. But what I'm interested in is not "should be", but whether the
rhetoric in internal chapter elections is usually dominated by, or even
includes, mention of the wider governance issues.

I think chapters have a crucial role to play in movement governance, and
that trustees of each chapter should be at the forefront of that. But are
they selected with that role in mind?

On 1 February 2012 23:44, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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