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

[Benjamin Lees]

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Stuart West <stuwest at gmail.com> wrote:
> The hope was to attract/identify Board candidates who could add a lot of value to the movement but who, for one reason or another, would NOT typically be candidates in election.  That might be because they aren't well-known in the editing community that decides elections.  Or as Thomas mentions that they wouldn't be interested in going through the sometimes grueling election process.

How is this different from the rationale for the expertise seats?