@Nataliia: The change to what is now Article IV Section 3(F) is not merely
making things more specific, it is a numerically different outcome. Had
that change not been implemented, the current Board (with five
community-/affiliate-selected and four Board-selected members) would not be
allowed to ap
Hello!
The concerns expressed by Yair and SJ can be divided in two main categories:
1.
The process to select and appoint Community- and Affiliate-selected
trustees are not defined in the Bylaws. This is correct. This was a topic
discussed and not resolved during our last community r
On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 at 17:15, María Sefidari wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The Board has discussed and approved some governance improvements in two
> recent meetings, on December 9 and January 8. As the governing body for the
> Wikimedia Foundation, we want to improve our capacity, performance, and
>
Hi SJ and Yair Rand,
Thanks for your feedback. I have written down your feedback and will bring
this up. You're right, we do want to have Bylaws that are as clear as
possible, but language is a difficult thing. At some point, we may have to
assume good faith.
Best,
--
*Jackie Koerner*
*she/her
Yair, thanks for looking it over carefully.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 6:35 PM Yair Rand wrote:
> Those "loopholes" people mentioned are still there, with the addition of
> at least one new one.
>
Hm. Maria, an easier-to-read diff like the one Laurentius made for the
proposal, would be most welco
It looks like the Board ignored the feedback, and also just decided not to
tell anyone about that until a month and a half after the decision was
finalized. The bylaws changes were implemented on December 9, according to
the resolution text.
Those "loopholes" people mentioned are still there (the
Hi everyone,
The Board has discussed and approved some governance improvements in two
recent meetings, on December 9 and January 8. As the governing body for the
Wikimedia Foundation, we want to improve our capacity, performance, and
representation of the movement’s diversity. We have amended the
