[Wikimedia-l] Board appointments July 2012

[Arne Klempert]

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com> wrote:
>> If they got confirmed at July 11, (from the resolution: "*This written
>> Resolution will be effective as of July 11, 2012*") why are Phoebe and Arne
>> voting in all other resolutions passed at the day??
>
> I am sure Bishakha will give a more thorough answer if I am mistaken, but
> from what I heard from Board members when I asked the same question: the
> new board members fully participated in the meeting on the 11 July, but for
> technical reasons and simplicity's sake, they only assumed the positions of
> the outgoing board members at the very end of the meeting.

That's correct. The transition took place at the end of the meeting on
July 11th. We didn't want to leave a legacy of too much unfinished
business (some resolutions had a history that started long before the
new board members were selected), while allowing Alice and Patricio to
get used to their new roles.

Arne
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