[Wikimedia-l] Your support is wanted: The WMF Board of Trustees is looking for a new Board member

[Thomas Dalton]

On Feb 17, 2013 8:29 PM, "Itzik Edri" <itzik at infra.co.il> wrote:
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> I don't understand. The board hired and pays to a company to find a board
> member? Have we tried before via our networks, chapters, and via our
> advisory board to find such a person (as been done until now?).

The chapters are used to find new foundation board members. That's what the
chapter selected board seats are for. The expert board seats are for
providing expertise that we are missing after the community and chapters
have selected people.