I imagine it would take something quite extraordinary for the board to reject the community election result outright, as it happens. I would assume the "nomination v selection" differential is to allow the board to remove members without fear of breaking Florida law, rather than some nefarious ploy by the board to stick it to the man.
Joe
On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 at 21:11 Marcin Cieslak saper@saper.info wrote:
On 2016-01-01, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 28 December 2015 at 23:29, Patricio Lorente patricio.lorente@gmail.com wrote:
This decision creates an open seat for a community-selected Trustee. The Board is committed to filling this open community seat as quickly as possible. We will reach out to the 2015 election committee <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Committe...
to discuss our options, and will keep you informed as we determine next steps.
There needs to be a change in the terms used; it has become clear that this will not be an election, and that the trustee eventually approved by the rest of the board will not be "community selected", but "community nominated".
Until now many of us were under impression (supported by the Florida statutes it seems) that they were "community elected".
Saper
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