On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Oliver Keyes <oke...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> 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. > What? Chapters by definition have to have a board, and be open to membership. The decision taken by the board and representatives, is usually vetted internally, it is representative of the entire chapter; as much as the community elected members are representative of the entire community, beyond just the individuals that voted. The community elected members aren't called, the community-who-voted board members. Regards Theo > > (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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l