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

[Béria Lima]

Wikimedia Portugal held votes between their members to 2008 and 2010
elections. I know WMFR, WMUK and WMAR do the same, and the list can go on...
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On 1 February 2012 21:42, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> You're misunderstanding; I'm saying the Board of Trustees nominations
> happening on the chapters wiki is open merely to the representatives of
> chapters, not to the thousands of members apparently taking part. Please do
> list those chapters who have an internal vote of the membership before
> voting on the Chapter Representatives for the Board of Trustees; I would
> imagine it's going to be *rather* small, particularly if you're not
> actually allowed to tell your members who is running or anything about
> them.
>
> On 1 February 2012 23:40, Theo10011 <de10011 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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