[Wikimedia-l] Re: New co-ED at Wikimedia Deutschland

[Samuel Klein]

Wow, fantastic.  Warm regards and kudos to you all.  

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 9:39 AM Lukas Mezger 
wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia friends,
>
> Our path towards an open digital society can only be achieved through open
> software solutions. This is why the Wikimedia Deutschland Supervisory
> Board adopted a governance reform at our meeting on 9 April and asked 
> Franziska
> Heine , our
> current head of software development, and Christian Humborg
> , our
> current executive director, to jointly take on the leadership of Wikimedia
> Deutschland starting 1 August. Franziska will be the first female ED in the
> history of Wikimedia Deutschland and Wikimedia Deutschland might be the
> first Wikimedia chapter with a dual leadership.
>
> We believe that our decision to introduce a dual leadership is very much
> in line with the sentiment of the Wikimedia communities that accessible and
> attractive software is and will always be essential for all current and
> future Wikimedia projects. Having two co-EDs lends equal weight to
> requirements of the community and the resulting software solutions.
>
> Together with the rest of the Supervisory Board, I am very much looking
> forward to continuing to work with Franziska and Christian as our new dual
> leadership. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Franziska and
> Christian for their work on our new governance structure and especially
> Christian for convincing us of this path forward.
> Kind regards,
>
> Lukas
>
>
>
> --
>
> Dr. Lukas Mezger
> Vorsitzender des Präsidiums / chair of the Supervisory Board
>
> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
> Tel. (030) 219 158 260 – (0151) 268 63 931
> http://wikimedia.de
>
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>
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[Wikimedia-l] New co-ED at Wikimedia Deutschland

[Lukas Mezger]

Dear Wikimedia friends,

Our path towards an open digital society can only be achieved through open
software solutions. This is why the Wikimedia Deutschland Supervisory Board
adopted a governance reform at our meeting on 9 April and asked Franziska
Heine , our
current head of software development, and Christian Humborg
, our
current executive director, to jointly take on the leadership of Wikimedia
Deutschland starting 1 August. Franziska will be the first female ED in the
history of Wikimedia Deutschland and Wikimedia Deutschland might be the
first Wikimedia chapter with a dual leadership.

We believe that our decision to introduce a dual leadership is very much in
line with the sentiment of the Wikimedia communities that accessible and
attractive software is and will always be essential for all current and
future Wikimedia projects. Having two co-EDs lends equal weight to
requirements of the community and the resulting software solutions.

Together with the rest of the Supervisory Board, I am very much looking
forward to continuing to work with Franziska and Christian as our new dual
leadership. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Franziska and
Christian for their work on our new governance structure and especially
Christian for convincing us of this path forward.
Kind regards,

Lukas



--

Dr. Lukas Mezger
Vorsitzender des Präsidiums / chair of the Supervisory Board

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin
Tel. (030) 219 158 260 – (0151) 268 63 931
http://wikimedia.de

Bleiben Sie auf dem neuesten Stand! Aktuelle Nachrichten und spannende
Geschichten rund um Wikimedia, Wikipedia und Freies Wissen im Newsletter: Zur
Anmeldung .

Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen
Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei!
http://spenden.wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.
Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter
der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für
Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207
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[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2022 election - updates

[Christophe Henner]

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 today.

I prefer the options to be left open by the board for 2024 right now and
make sure the Global Council discussion to move forward properly :)

Le mer. 27 avr. 2022 à 6:24 PM, Andreas Kolbe  a écrit :

> 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
> the one conducted in 2021.
>
> You have indeed confirmed that there is no such commitment to holding a
> free community election in 2024.
>
> Best,
> Andreas
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 1:44 PM Dariusz Jemielniak <
> djemieln...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> 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 months of
>> work of the governance committee, before going to the board discussion).
>>
>> In no way the "reluctance" should be read as a commitment to organize the
>> future elections in some specific way.
>>
>> Our approach to this particular, upcoming elections of 2 seats was
>> straightforward: we recognized the fact that the community input was
>> missing for seats historically reserved for affiliate-only nomination. Two
>> of these seats are upcoming for re-election, and we focused on optimizing
>> the process for these two seats, with no specific intent for the community
>> elections in the future.
>>
>> I realize it is difficult not to assume that we're secretly plotting to
>> take over the world, but the mundane reality is that much as we would love
>> to, we lack the bandwidth and to a large extent focus on things as they
>> come.
>>
>> best,
>>
>> Dariusz
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 5:41 AM Andreas Kolbe  wrote:
>>
>>> 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 important, given that in the Call for
>>> Feedback on how affiliates should participate in elections[1] – where
>>> mainly affiliates were invited to respond, even though the result has
>>> clearly affected the community as well – it was explicitly said that *"the
>>> answers may refer not just to the two seats mentioned, but also to other,
>>> Community- and Affiliate-selected seats."*
>>>
>>> I have received no response, nor have any of the others. And if you
>>> think about it, the 2021 changes to the bylaws,[2] collapsing
>>> community-selected seats and affiliate-selected seats into a single, new
>>> category, "Community- and Affiliate-selected seats", only makes sense if
>>> you do intend to abolish community voting. After all, these were the very
>>> words, "community voting", that were removed from the bylaws.
>>>
>>> So, given that the WMF appears reluctant to confirm that the 2024
>>> selection process will be a proper, free community vote, along the lines of
>>> the 2021 vote, I think it is safe to assume that it intends for the 2024
>>> procedure to be similar to this year, i.e.:
>>>
>>> – either the community once again voting on a shortlist pre-selected by
>>> the affiliates,
>>> – or perhaps the affiliates voting on a shortlist pre-selected by the
>>> community.
>>>
>>> Either process could be "sold" to the community by saying that because
>>> the community was given a say in what used to be 2 affiliate seats in 2022
>>> (as was argued both in this thread and on Meta), it is only fair if the
>>> affiliates, in turn, get a say in the 4 former community seats in 2024.
>>>
>>> But while the shortlist method can be characterised as increasing
>>> community influence this year, its long-term effect will be a dilution of
>>> community influence on the board, because either way, the community vote
>>> will always be filtered through affiliate preferences.
>>>
>>> I believe Jimmy Wales recognised this dilution, when he argued
>>> strenuously against the bylaws change in late 2020 (and there was
>>> concurrently talk of removing him from the board), saying in the Wikipedia
>>> Weekly Faceboook group[3] (my emphases):
>>>
>>> *It is of course a bit awkward for me to comment here, but I think that
>>> I should.*
>>>
>>> *As is well known, I have no interest in being the boss of anything or
>>> the d