The terms of 3 BoT members expired last month, and the BoT itself decided to extend them? What is the legitimacy of that? And why is a BoT which is expected to be in a mere interim management waiting for elections, presenting profound changes to its Bylaws [1]?
[1] - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/October_2020_-_Proposed_Bylaws_changes Best, Paulo Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia quarta, 7/10/2020 à(s) 16:49: > Hello, > > I can answer a few of the questions raised in this thread. > > When the Board postponed the community selection of trustees, we also > extended the terms of the trustees in the affected seats (María Sefidari, > Dariusz Jemielniak, and James Heilman)[1]. Their terms were originally set > to expire last month, but because of that term extension they are still > serving as trustees, and as such María remains the Board Chair and Dariusz > and James continue on as Committee Chairs[2]. > > Raju Narisetti and Esra'a Al Shafei have been reappointed to the Board for > an additional three-year term[3][4]. > > The current members of the Board of Trustees are listed on the Wikimedia > Foundation website[5]. > > We do not currently have a shortage of trustees on the Board, and we have > had a quorum for every decision we have made this year. We have published > some outstanding Board records, many of which were just approved at our > recent meeting in September[6][7]. > > I have just sent an email to this list, as well as posted an update to > Meta-Wiki, with a request for feedback on matters related to the > Foundation’s Bylaws and trustee selection[8]. That announcement contains > more information about the postponed community selection of trustees. > > Best regards, > > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > > Vice Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees > > [1] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Postponement_of_Community_Selection_of_Trustees_and_Extension_of_Community_Selected_Trustee_Terms_until_next_selection_process > > > [2] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_Officers_and_Committee_Membership,_2019 > > > [3] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Raju_Narisetti%27s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2020 > > > [4] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Renewing_Esra%27a_Al_Shafei%27s_Appointment_to_the_Board_of_Trustees,_2020 > > > [5] https://wikimediafoundation.org/role/board/ > > > [6] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings > > > [7] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolutions > > [8] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/October_2020_-_Call_for_feedback_about_Bylaws_changes_and_Board_candidate_rubric > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/July_2020_-_Call_for_feedback_about_Bylaws_changes_and_Board_candidate_rubric > > > > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in > advance!* > > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 9:52 PM Bill Takatoshi <billtakato...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > After I asked my questions on September 4, I was sent the message > > below by some role account I've never heard of, asking about claims > > that have used the names of five other people. I don't edit under my > > real name, but I have never used the names in the linked forum > > postings. > > > > The linked posts also claim that the Foundation's nonprofit status is > > at risk. I am not a lawyer, but I am skeptical of that claim even > > though five Trustees whose three-year terms expired in August > > apparently voted on a Resolution in a Board meeting on September 24. > > According to Section 4 of the Bylaws, "A quorum shall consist of a > > majority of Trustees then in office." Section 6 says, "the Board may > > continue doing business as a Board during the vacancy of any Trustee > > position." Therefore, since four of the five remaining Trustees all > > voted in favor, the Resolution was properly carried, in my layperson's > > view. I am less certain about the propriety of allowing a Trustee > > whose three year term expired to continue to serve as Chair. > > > > The lack of any update or even ETA for an update on > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2020#Postpone%3F > > is baffling. Elections have never been held in person, only online, > > and so the excuse that they were postponed because of the pandemic > > crisis seems extremely suspicious. Indefinitely delaying elections for > > such a vacuous reason makes the Foundation look like the worst of the > > bad actors in today's international political climate. Doesn't the > > cancelled travel of the pandemic crisis give the Foundation more time > > to hold elections, not less? Whether non-profit status is at risk or > > not, I would hope that the Foundation, Board, and Elections Committee > > would be more interested in upholding the principles of good > > governance than failing to even announce a new schedule or even a date > > by which a new schedule will be announced. > > > > -Will > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:31 PM Gender Desk <genderscr...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Mr. Takatoshi, > > > > > > Wikipediocracy has suggested that you have also used the names "Rogol > > Domedonfors, Renée Bagslint, Jennifer Pryor-Summers, Felicity Braingut, > > Thomas Townsend and others." > > http://wikipediocracy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=11567 > > > > > > Can you comment on that? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Genderdesk > > > > > > genderdesk.wordpress.com > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 7:38 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Can anyone from the elections committee comment? What is the current > > > plan? //S > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 8:05 PM Bill Takatoshi <billtakato...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > How long can the Foundation legally postpone Board of Trustees > > elections? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2020#Postpone%3F > > > > > > has a comment from April saying, "Once things get moving again, > > > > appopriate [sic] date for the election will be decided and an > > > > announcement will be made." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees#Current_members > > > > suggests that five board members terms end on "Wikimania 2020" -- but > > > > is that accurate? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Term_Limit_Proposal_for_Bylaws > > > > is clear that "All Board terms are three years" and "the term of each > > > > such appointment shall not exceed three years." > > > > > > > > Who are the current members of the Board of Trustees? > > > > > > > > Can the board achieve a quorum in its present state? > > > > > > > > Who is the Chair currently? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 > > 4266 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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>
