Congratulations, Peter and Gabriele, and WMDE. Liam, to your question, at least one other chapter has appointed board members: Wikimedia Israel.
A. On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:36 AM Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for this information Tim, and welcome Peter, and Gabriele! > > I know that the boards of Wikimedia- Germany, France, UK and Netherlands > have "appointed" seats (also known as "external" or "expert" seats), and so > too does the WMF. I assume that the formal legal process for these are all > different according to local laws, but I also assume that the purpose is > roughly the same: to ensure there is diversity of expertise and opinions, > to fill specifically identified skill gaps, and to guard against a mere > 'popularity contest' election. > > Do any other Chapters have "appointed" seats on their boards? Have some > Chapters tried, but rejected the concept? > > > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata > > On 30 November 2017 at 14:08, Tim Moritz Hector < > tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > just a short rectification: We have up to 2 (not 3) appointed seats in > the > > board. So in total our board consists of 9 members: 7 elected by the > > general assembly and 2 appointed. > > > > I am happy that now, with the appointment of Gabriele and Peter, we have > > all seats on our board filled. > > > > Best regards, > > Tim > > > > > > > > 2017-11-30 13:47 GMT+01:00 Tim Moritz Hector > <tim-moritz.hector@wikimedia. > > de > > >: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia Deutschland’s Board has taken > > > the opportunity to appoint two new members for the first time. Dr. > > Gabriele > > > Theren and Peter Dewald are taking appointed seats in our board. > > > > > > After our general assembly decided to make way for up to 3 appointed > > > seats, we created a profile of skills we would like to add to the > board. > > We > > > focussed on the future of Wikimedia Deutschland, strategically and > > > financially, and got about 60 applications. Many of them showed > > impressive > > > profiles, striving for Free Knowledge. > > > > > > We decided for Gabriele, who is a trained lawyer, mediator and serves > as > > > department head in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the > > German > > > federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. We also elected Peter who has 35 years > of > > > expertise as managing director at Apple and the software group Sage, > was > > > member of the board of Germany’s digital association Bitkom and has a > lot > > > of experience in volunteer work. > > > > > > Both will be members of the board until the next election by the > general > > > assembly in about one year. Please join me in welcoming Gabriele and > > Peter > > > to the Wikiverse. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Tim Moritz Hector > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tim Moritz Hector > > > Chair of the Board > > > Wikimedia Deutschland > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > 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> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
