In the time that it took me to compose my answer to Gerard's question,
Christophe answered. (:
Christophe, I am glad to hear that this will be a part of the governance
review. I would suggest keeping an open mind about this and letting the
process take its course.
Pine
On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Christophe Henner <chenner(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hey,
The question is not on the table right now.
We're working to perform a gouvernance audit, board composition will be
part of it.
Now, my personal opinion is it's neither urgent nor critical. And on top of
that I'm not sure it would be a good idea.
All that being said, I'm sure it will come up during the gouvernance
review.
And yes I missed it, sorry. Gérard, no need for such email, just, as Pine
did, reask the question :)
Have a nice day
Le 26 juil. 2016 6:54 AM, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> a écrit :
Hi BGC,
I asked a question earlier in this thread which seems to have been
overlooked. Is the BGC (or the Board as a whole) considering whether the
Founder's seat will become an elected seat in the forseeable future?
Pine
On Jul 20, 2016 21:20, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Daruisz and all who worked on this.
Looking at the bigger picture, the tone and pace of changes in WMF
governance over the past few months feel like a breath of fresh air. I
hope
that this direction and pace continue.
Speaking of elections and governance, will the Founder's seat become an
elected seat? It may be too early to answer this question, but I hope
that
> the BGC gives it some careful thought.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Pine
>
> On Jul 20, 2016 18:00, "Dariusz Jemielniak" <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl>
wrote:
>
>> Dear members of the Wikimedia community,
>>
>> As you know the board passed a resolution allowing for the creation
of a
>
standing Elections Committee in November of last year [1]. Per the
> implementing resolution, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has
> appointed
> the initial members from the recommendation of the Executive Director
and
> her staff. We will be starting with 6
committee members:
>
>
> -
>
> User:Ajraddatz
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ajraddatz>
> -
>
> User:Mardetanha
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mardetanha>
> -
>
> User:Ruslik0
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ruslik0>
> -
>
> User:Philippe
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Philippe
slate
>> -
>>
>> User:KTC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/KTC>
>> -
>>
>> User:Atropine
>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Atropine>
>>
>>
>> They will be joined by two official advisors from the Wikimedia
>> Foundation:
>>
>>
>> -
>>
>> James Alexander (Manager, Trust & Safety) from Community Engagement
>> -
>>
>> Stephen LaPorte (Senior Legal Counsel) from the WMF Legal team
>>
>>
>> They will also be working closely with the BGC as a whole and
especially
>
Nataliia and me. Because I may consider applying as a candidate in the
> upcoming community-selection process I will be recusing for any
> discussions
> involving that election[2].
>
> The new committee, along with the BGC, will, of course, be able to
choose
> how many members and advisors they truly need
and how to recruit the
best
> candidates. One of the first orders of
business for the committee will
be
>> to decide on a process for expanding its membership through some form
of
> open
call. While there is an enormous amount of work for the committee
to
> do, it can be expected that they will begin
looking at:
>
>
> -
>
> The selection of a committee Chair
> -
>
> The dates and process for the upcoming community selection process
(and
>> consider shortening the terms and having community elections in
early
>
2017,
> so that the elected members would join the Board at April
meeting[3]).
>> -
>>
>> The method of voting for that process both for the upcoming
selection
>
and the future and
> -
>
> The composition of the board and how to ensure a steady supply of
good
> candidates (in particular, making sure
that the candidates have the
> skills and expertise matching the Board skill matrix while making
sure
> that
> the process is still owned by the community[4]).
>
>
> Just as the BGC is committed to greater transparency (see for example
our
> recent minutes[5]), the committee will likely
consult with the wider
> Wikimedia community in developing and revising election procedures
within
>> the scope of this charter to the greatest extent possible.
>>
>> This day has been a long time coming and is the result of requests
made
by
> multiple different temporary election
committees over the years. I'm
glad
>> to finally see it come to fruition and hope that it will allow our
>> selection process to continue to expand and improve well beyond the
>> record-breaking election we had in 2015.
>>
>> Before I sign off I also wanted to call out the amazing work of the
2015
>
temporary Election Committee[6]. They were put together in 2015 to do
one
> thing: run an election. They did that well
(with almost 3x the
> participation of the next largest year) but then they went well beyond
the
>> call of duty in serving as an advisory body to the board, offering
>> invaluable feedback on how to fill the empty community selected seats
we
> saw
this year. They did not have to do this, but they did it anyway,
and I
> hope that everyone can acknowledge the stress
and courage that took.
>
> Please join me in thanking the 2015 committee and welcoming the new
> standing committee!
>
> Dariusz Jemielniak ("pundit", current Board member)
>
>
> - [1]
>
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Elections_Committee
> - [2] See also my disclosure to the BGC on that matter:
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
>> - [3]
>>
>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-June/084592.html
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Committ…
>>
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