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

[Theo10011]

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

What?

Chapters by definition have to have a board, and be open to membership. The
decision taken by the board and representatives, is usually vetted
internally, it is representative of the entire chapter; as much as the
community elected members are representative of the entire community,
beyond just the individuals that voted. The community elected members
aren't called, the community-who-voted board members.

Regards
Theo


>
> (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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