[Foundation-l] The foundations of the Wikimedia Foundation (was: Wikimedia Council)

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

On 1/5/08, effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the Wikimedia Foundation (excluding the community (I take here only
> the officially existing bodies), the Board of Trustees is the Final
> Authority.  The Board writes bylaws, and hires and fires staff. The
> Board appoints the committees, and the Board can appoint members of
> the Advosiry Council. I think we agree that the Board of Trustees
> should remain the Final Authority, also if a Wikicouncil would come in
> the game. That makes it for me that I do not really like the
> comparison with the parliament.

Uhm. Is this really the case? I thought the committees had various
orgainzing principles, some of them self-appointing, and some more
closely run by the board. Do I have it wrong? I don't see all that many
board resolutions on the appointing of members into committees.

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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]