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

[Oliver Keyes]

No; it's open to several chapters. If you're planning on holding the
process in private, it's in no way open to thousands of members - it's open
to representatives of thousands of members who were not, I would wager,
selected because of their opinions on wider movement governance.

(personal opinion, etc)

On 1 February 2012 23:17, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In what way do chapter-selected seats improve the running of the WMF,
> > Thomas?  The Board has no say in who is being selected, and there is no
> > basis in fact to say that those appointed by the chapters are any more
> > effective or helpful in meeting the Board's goals or running the WMF than
> > would community-elected Wikimedians.
>
>
> Risker, you know the point applies to appointed members of the board as
> well. They are selected through even a more private process for seemingly
> unlimited terms, they make up the other half of the board. I am surprised
> why questions about their interest and representation aren't raised on
> every new appointment?
>
> The chapter selected member, at least go through a vetting and a voting
> process that is open to several chapters and thousand of members.
>
> Regards
> Theo
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Oliver Keyes
Community Liaison, Product Development
Wikimedia Foundation