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

[Thomas Dalton]

On 1 February 2012 03:43, Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com> wrote:
>> * Will the names of the candidates be published for the entire Wikimedia
>> community to see?  *
>
>
> The real names, obviously not. The usernames may be published - IF the
> candidate has no problem with that.

Last time, the chapters decided to keep the process very confidential
in order to allow free and frank discussion of the candidates. It was
felt that it would be good to have confidential discussions, in
contrast to the public ones that are associated with the community
elected seats, because that might attract different candidates than
would stand for the community elected seats (ie. candidates that don't
want lots of discussion about every good and bad quality they have
happening in public - the selection process can involve a much greater
intrusion on privacy than actually serving on the board does).

Was it a conscious decision by the chapters to change that approach? I
was under the impression that you had decided to stick with the same
process we used last time.