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

J Alexandr Ledbury-Romanov alexandrdmitriromanov at gmail.com
Wed Feb 1 22:59:31 UTC 2012


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> Having seats appointed by movement organizations like the chapters offers
> a chance to involve of another subset of our community:  those who are
> interested enough in governance issues to get involved in the leadership /
> decision-making of movement organizations. That's also an important subset
> of our community.
>
>
> The existing chapter presence is a barrier to entry. It is difficult to
get involved in chapters when, like me, you live in Africa, and the only
approved chapter for the entire continent is 8,000 kilometres away.



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