Forgive my (usual ?) bluntness, but I don't think congratulations are in order for undertaking the governance review ;-)
As a member and unwilling observer, I can tell you it was dearly needed, be it by internal or external auditors, and mandated by the WMF. However, as a long time member of the community and of Wikimedia France, I do salute the effort of publishing the results of the review, as the previous board of directors probably wouldn't have wanted to publish anything critical of their method of governance ; and the review covers both old and more recent times. That indeed deserves credit, so thank you Nadine ! @ Cornelius : smart thinking on your part, collecting them in one place. I hope there won't be any more crisis requiring a governance review in one of our chapters, but in any case it will be interesting for all chapters to know what to avoid in the future, and where to look for it, so thank you as well. Roger / Alphos > Le 9 juil. 2018 à 13:44, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Congratulations to Wikimedia France for undertaking this review and > publishing the results. > > I believe all of the 3 governance reviews are important reading for > anyone involved with the WMF or any of the affiliates, and all have > important lessons for the movement. It's interesting to note that this > is the first one that touches on the WMF-affiliate relationship in > much detail. > > Also - while so far governance reviews have only happened as a result > of a crisis, this doesn't have to be the case! I would urge Wikimedia > affiliates to take external advice on their governance, the > suggestions offered by governance experts who know the laws, norms and > cutlure in which you operate will be very helpful for you. > > Chris > (who was Chair of Wikimedia UK at the point we had a governance review...) >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 10:43 PM Nadine Le Lirzin <nlelir...@wikimedia.fr> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> As announced last month on this list[1], the Governance Assessment Report >> by external auditors "Associés en gouvernance" has been published, and we >> want to share it with you. >> >> The auditors did a great work, first in their rather good understanding of >> our movement complexity, and then in the numerous improvement suggestions >> they delivered. >> >> The consultation of our members – to fully associate them to the rebuilding >> – is still in progress. Main changes will be submitted to a vote at next >> General Assembly, by the end of the year. >> >> The document has been translated in English and is now available on >> Commons[2]. >> >> May these suggestions be useful not only for Wikimédia France, but also for >> any other chapter or affiliate that would be in need of governance advice >> or ideas. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Nadine Le Lirzin >> *Wikimedia France Board Secretary* >> >> >> [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2018-June/090413.html >> [2] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_France_-_Governance_Assessment_Report_-_2018.pdf >> _______________________________________________ >> 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>
