Am I the only one not shocked that in a time where there is a huge change
happening in Movement governance (Global Council) the board is actually not
committing to any sélection process?
I mean in two years time the whole movement power structures and dynamics
could be immensely different from
Hi Dariusz,
Many thanks for your reply. I wasn't really interested in having you
confirm a commitment to conduct future (s)elections in any particular way –
I was only interested in having you confirm the *absence* of any commitment
to conduct a free community election in 2024, along the lines of
Hi Andreas,
a quick and short response: we do not provide a response on a thing that
has not been collectively discussed. That's a standard that should be kept,
and the organization of elections is definitely something that needs
discussing every time they happen (the procedure involves several
Hi Dariusz and all,
Since this thread started, I (and several others) have asked in multiple
locations whether the WMF can promise that when the four formerly
community-selected seats come up for re-selection in 2024, community
members will be given a free vote.
This question seemed particularly
I've served on a few boards in my time, and if I wanted to "improve the set
of skills and the diversity contributed by newly selected trustees" this is
not how I'd try to do it.
Yes there are likely to be certain skillsets that you want on a board, but
that's a key reason for having independent
Last year the community voted that way putting diverse candidates at 5th and
6th position because the election method could not work properly, even assuming
(as it was) a general attempt of diverse choice by the electorate. The main
issue was in the low threshold for the candidatures. As soon
No. I would prefer them to be selected in open, at-large elections, as they
should have been in previous years.
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 04:25 Chris Keating
wrote:
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>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:13 AM Todd Allen wrote:
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>> Yes, and let me say it in stronger terms: This is unacceptable.
>>
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 9:40 AM Chris Keating
wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 11:32 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote:
>
>> There is no longer any distinction between community and affiliate
>> trustees. For reference, see the "Type of seat" column in the current board
>> member table on Meta, as well as
I've asked for the reasons to mix those two totally different type of seats in
2021 on the discussion page of the board[1], but I never got any answer besides
''the board decided this way'', which is in no way a valid decision process for
community matters in the Wikiverse.
I've asked again on
On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 1:13 AM Todd Allen wrote:
> Yes, and let me say it in stronger terms: This is unacceptable.
> Community-selected seats have nothing to do with affiliates; affiliates are
> absolutely not the community. Community-selected seats must be an at-large
> election from Wikimedia
On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 11:32 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> Chris,
>
> There is no longer any distinction between community and affiliate
> trustees. For reference, see the "Type of seat" column in the current board
> member table on Meta, as well as the footnote under the table.[1]
>
> What Dariusz
Yes, and let me say it in stronger terms: This is unacceptable.
Community-selected seats have nothing to do with affiliates; affiliates are
absolutely not the community. Community-selected seats must be an at-large
election from Wikimedia editors from any candidate who cares to run, not
taken from
Chris,
There is no longer any distinction between community and affiliate
trustees. For reference, see the "Type of seat" column in the current board
member table on Meta, as well as the footnote under the table.[1]
What Dariusz has announced here is a new process for determining
On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:32 PM Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> Dear Dariusz,
>
> I am surprised your post has not attracted more attention. It's probably
> because you did not spell out what the adopted recommendation involves. It
> says (my emphases):[1]
>
>
> *The Board of Trustees wants to improve
Dear Dariusz,
I am surprised your post has not attracted more attention. It's probably
because you did not spell out what the adopted recommendation involves. It
says (my emphases):[1]
*The Board of Trustees wants to improve the set of skills and the diversity
contributed by newly selected
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