Hello again,
Thank you to everyone that has provided valuable feedback. Moving forward, we
will articulate and follow the best practices that emerge from these important
discussions and our corresponding review of the attendant policies, procedures,
and practices. Developing a more clear and con
I believe Jan-Bart post reflect my perspective on the topic. I second.
Florence
PS: I will point out though... for historical perspective, that a rather
similar situation happened in the early years of the WMF, when Eric
Moeller chose to resign from his position as board member to be hired b
Hi SJ!
The 12 month waiting/cooldown period is something that was implemented in
the Good Governance Kodex of Wikimedia Austria in 2014, see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_%C3%96sterreich/Good_Governance_Kodex,
with an independent committee consisting of a staff, board and community
rep
Hi everyone,
I feel the asynchronous discussion prevents from a meaningful discussion to
happen.
Given the situation, I feel it would be appropriate for the board and the
general counsel, who is the executive responsible for governance (and seems
to be the person at the top of this reporting line
On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 10:45 PM Željko Blaće wrote:
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> Thank you for publishing this, but in all honesty it feels as a bit
> too little too late.
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> After a quick reading of the summary I am somewhat disappointed that
> the investigation commissioned by WMF was so reductive in presenting
> the
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>> It is a good practice to create a 12 month waiting period before board
>> members of non-profits can become a staff member/paid contractor/consultant.
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> A few people mentioned that their own orgs or committees have norms or
> policies around this (Chris, Philip, Tito); could you descr
It's nice to read that chapters have been encouraged to tighten up their
governance, avoiding conflicts of interest and so on. But before we pile
onto this one issue, can we please step back and look at the Wikimedia
Foundation itself?
Technically, none of its Board members are elected. This is
Jan-Bart: Spot on. It is always uplifting to see one of your measured
notes come over the wire.
Jan-Bart de Vreede writes:
> The Foundation is supposed to be an example of good Governance for our
> entire movement. We (as a movement) have come a long way in the past 20
> years (and that is impo
Hey
So with all due respect and sympathy for the individuals involved and me being
unwilling to hurt people I feel it would be worse for me just keep quiet.
The Foundation is supposed to be an example of good Governance for our entire
movement. We (as a movement) have come a long way in the pas
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for the detailed comments. However, still, this doesn't really help
that much.
>From your email it seems that over several months the WMF has created a new
role which just happens to be ideal for its outgoing Chair to fill, and
indeed could scarcely be filled by anyone else beca
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