No; it's open to several chapters. If you're planning on holding the process in private, it's in no way open to thousands of members - it's open to representatives of thousands of members who were not, I would wager, selected because of their opinions on wider movement governance.
(personal opinion, etc) On 1 February 2012 23:17, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > In what way do chapter-selected seats improve the running of the WMF, > > Thomas? The Board has no say in who is being selected, and there is no > > basis in fact to say that those appointed by the chapters are any more > > effective or helpful in meeting the Board's goals or running the WMF than > > would community-elected Wikimedians. > > > Risker, you know the point applies to appointed members of the board as > well. They are selected through even a more private process for seemingly > unlimited terms, they make up the other half of the board. I am surprised > why questions about their interest and representation aren't raised on > every new appointment? > > The chapter selected member, at least go through a vetting and a voting > process that is open to several chapters and thousand of members. > > Regards > Theo > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Oliver Keyes Community Liaison, Product Development Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l