Thanks Alice. For those interested in this, you might like to note that James Hare has started a discussion about the method used to select these Board members, here; - it reflects the likelihood that thematic orgs will be part of the decision not just chapters.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2014_resolution Regards, Chris On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Alice Wiegand <awieg...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > Hi all, > > In 2013 the WMF Board of Trustees started to publish proposed bylaw changes > on Meta for consultation with the community. As we want to continue with > this new tradition you find a proposed change at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/January_2014_-_Amendment_for_Trustees_selected_by_Chapters_and_Thematic_Organizations > > The Board Governance Committee (BGC) was commissioned by the Board to > prepare the resolution and the BGC present it to the Board at the same time > we publish it on Meta. Now a 10 day discussion phase starts after which the > Board starts voting. > > I'm happy to invite you to review and discuss the resolution draft. Please > share your comments on the talk page. > > Regards, > Alice. > > > -- > Alice Wiegand > Board of Trustees > Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
