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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:51:25 -0400 From: aleksey.bilogur@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Board of Trustee elections
My two cents: no, no, no, absolutely not, by all means no, never.
I am strongly, strongly, strongly opposed to such a move. The chapters already elect two members of the Board, and that's quite enough. When it comes to matters concerning strategic direction chapters are the movement equivalent of a political interest group. The Board is the entity ultimately responsible for the funding reigns, and I strongly suspect that such a move, *especially given the weakness of community response in elections*, would immediately result in an influx of "chapter junkies" who will vote as a nearly-united political bloc for whatever candidate promises a freer flow of money.
The ramifications would be immediate. This is absolutely the wrongest possible direction to go in.