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

[Oliver Keyes]

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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