[Wikimedia Kenya] Meetup Minutes: 09/04/2011

[Manuel Schneider]

Hi all,

congratulations on the process! That looks very good.

A short comment on the board votes: In WMCH we have a "president" which 
is being elected seperately from the board members and this person has 
the deciding vote, should there be a tie. Just a suggestion. From the 
KISS point of view I like your version - with the odd number of board 
members - better, because there has been ongoing discussions on the best 
way of electing the president to not interfere with the board elections.

In Austria we have dedicated board seats: President, Vice-President, 
Treasurer, Vice-Treasurer, Secretary, Vice-Secretary, plus two Advisors.

While having advisor seats makes the board more flexible (especially if 
you allow the board to appoint people as needed, without a fixed number 
that has to be elected) I wouldn't recommend to fix the board positions 
as we do in WMAT. During the candidate introduction / nomination you can 
still stress on the fact that the candidates need to fill all roles 
needed and later assign the tasks among board members.


/Manuel
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Regards
Manuel Schneider

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