I'm interested in answers to the procedural questions, too. It's seems like a quixotic process, as laid out on the meta page. The board members are to be selected by completely unstructured discussion, with consensus judged by the moderators. The process even seems to allow for the discussion to reach its conclusion in person, with no permanent records, at the Chapters Meeting. If the discussion reaches no consensus, or the consensus determination of the moderators is challenged, a "vote" will be held - in public, on a wiki page.
Other than confidentiality, no guidance is provided to the chapters on how to select their preferred candidate - nor on which chapter representatives can participate in the discussion on the chapters-wiki. If any chapter member can participate, doesn't that unduly advantage native English speakers and their chapters? If only some, how are they to be selected? Additionally, Beria Lima says that chapters-wiki is mirrored on meta - but the process page[1] refers to chapters-wiki as confidential, and says that discussion of candidates' real names should be restricted to that wiki so that only members can see it. This whole thing seems pretty ad hoc and amateurish for an organization that is trying to be more robust and modern about its practices. Is there a background check? Is there some threshold for participation beneath which the current Board might refuse to certify the results? Are we really sure that the chapters represent enough Wikimedians to merit two seats on the Board selected in such an opaque manner? [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l