[Wikimedia-l] proposed urgent Board of Trustees resolution without a meeting

[Thomas Morton]

>From a good governance point of view "maximum" is a bad idea.

This motion would introduce so very poor governance ideas without clear
aims.

Tom

On Monday, December 24, 2012, James Salsman wrote:

> Federico,
>
> Thank you for your very helpful reply. I'm sorry, I didn't realize
> that Glassdoor.com results were client location specific. You can use
> a proxy terminating in the U.S. to read about Wikimedia Foundation
> employee satisfaction and compensation relative to other San Francisco
> technology firms.
>
> > Your proposal has already been implemented in 2010:
> > «All Wikimedia fundraising activities must aim to raise the maximum
> > possible amount of money [...]»
> > <
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Developing_Scenarios_for_future_of_fundraising
> >
> > «Fundraising activities in the Wikimedia movement should generally be
> > directed at achieving the highest possible overall financial support
> [...]»
> >
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Wikimedia_fundraising_principles
>
> This is most helpful for allowing fundraising to continue without the
> need for a Board resolution without a meeting, or for more specific
> trustee candidate questions if it does not.
>
> > Are you asking to amend
> > <
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Delegations_of_Financial_and_Spending_Authority
> >
>
> Is there any reason that subsequent specific direction can not be
> provided without amending that resolution?
>
> > Are you asking to amend
> > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus>?
>
> Not necessarily, but I am asking that it be reconsidered after
> community consultation. That resolution was approved without a widely
> announced community discussion, which is so completely unprecedented
> for a change of that magnitude that I could not believe it at the
> time. The comments at
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sue_Gardner/Narrowing_focus
> show that the Foundation staff and trustees are very much opposed to
> the opinions of the few members of the community who found that page
> in time to comment.
>
> For that reason I will be recommending specific community initiatives
> during next year's Board elections.
>
> Best regards,
> James Salsman
>
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