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

[Oliver Keyes]

And how will that work this year if, as I am understanding it, virtually
all the information about the candidates will be hidden?

On 1 February 2012 23:44, Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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