+1 to MZMcBride comment I strongly support us actually elected the community trustees. I have reached out to a couple of lawyers to try to figure out how involved this would be.
James On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 5:41 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Patricio Lorente wrote: > >Today the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees voted to remove one of > >the Trustees, Dr. James Heilman, from the Board. His term ended effective > >immediately. > > > >This was not a decision the Board took lightly. The Board has a > >responsibility to the Wikimedia movement and the Wikimedia Foundation to > >ensure that the Board functions with mutual confidence to ensure effective > >governance. Following serious consideration, the Board felt this removal > >decision was a necessary step at this time. The resolution will be > >published shortly. > > > > [...] > > The minutes from this Board of Trustees meeting have now been posted: > > --- > December 28, 2015 minutes > WMF Board minutes > > * December 28, 2015 > * Board of Trustees present: Patricio Lorente (Chair), Alice Wiegand (Vice > Chair), Dariusz Jemielniak, Denny Vrandečić, Frieda Brioschi, James > Heilman Jan-Bart de Vreede, Jimmy Wales, Stu West, and Guy Kawasaki > * Others present for part of the meeting: Geoff Brigham (Secretary and > General Counsel), Stephen LaPorte (Legal Counsel) > > Patricio called the meeting to order at 1:30 PM Pacific time on December > 28, 2016. Geoff called roll and confirmed that a quorum was present and > able to simultaneously hear the meeting. > > Patricio called the meeting for the purpose of discussing a resolution to > remove James from the Board of Trustees. Patricio introduced the > discussion, and asked James to discuss his perspective. At that point in > the meeting, James was excused from the discussion and Board members > discussed their concerns. Patricio invited James back to the meeting. > After a motion by Patricio, seconded by Alice, the Board voted to approve > a resolution to remove James from the Board > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_Heilman_Removal>, > effective immediately. > > The Board discussed the next steps, and the meeting was concluded. > --- > > From <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/105360>. > > >This decision creates an open seat for a community-selected Trustee. [...] > > Hmmm, I only just now noticed your use of community-selected here. I think > sometime this year, we should hold a community straw poll on Meta-Wiki > about changing the selection to an election. I think the Board of Trustees > needs to hear from the Wikimedia editing community about this issue. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
