Hi Luis, this has been brought up on the talk page of the proposed bylaw changes, including a statement by Jimmy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/October_2020_-_Proposed_Bylaws_changes#Founder_seat
Would be interesting to know if the status has changed from "being open for discussion" in the last 7 months ;-) Cheers, Philip On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 at 00:24, Luis Villa <l...@lu.is> wrote: > This looks like a very thoughtful start on a very thorny problem, well > done. > > Given that we’re trying to diversify the board, and that Jimmy has > recently criticized FSF for having lifetime board appointments for > founders,* I was surprised not to see any mention in this document of > sunsetting Jimmy’s founder seat. Making him a peer of the rest of the > board, subject to the same terms, selection process, and requalification > standards, rather than a first-among-equals, would potentially free up an > additional seat to improve global board diversity and definitely be > consistent with general best practices for non-profit governance. > > Has the board discussed that? > > Thanks- > Luis > > P.S. the links on the last page of > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/8/83/BGC_Community_Trustee_Selection_Proposal_April_2021.pdf > are broken. > > * well, he criticized them for _secretive_ board appointments, but from a > governance perspective a lifetime founder seat is problematic regardless of > whether it is secret/defacto (FSF) or public/de jure (WMF). > > On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 1:45 PM Jackie Koerner <jkoerner-...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met last week to decide on a >> plan for the 2021 Board elections. The Board Governance Committee created >> this proposal, based on the Call for Feedback about Community Board >> Seats.[1] Please check the related announcement for details.[2] >> >> The Board wants to thank the more than 800 volunteers that participated >> in the Call for Feedback in one way or another.[3] There were almost a >> hundred conversations in multiple languages and in multiple regions. There >> was additional discussion on Meta, Telegram, and other channels used by >> local communities. Three new ideas were presented by volunteers during the >> Call. It has been very difficult to decide on every open question >> considering the quantity and diversity of opinions received. We hope this >> resolution feels sensible to everybody. >> >> In the upcoming days, the Board elections facilitation team will share >> their ideas to support candidates and voters. Let's work together on >> elections with high and very diverse participation! >> >> [1] Call for Feedback Community Board Seats >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report >> >> [2] Announcement of Board Governance Committee proposal >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021-04-15_Resolution_about_the_upcoming_Board_elections >> >> [3] Call for Feedback Community Board seats metrics >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees/Call_for_feedback:_Community_Board_seats/Main_report#Metrics >> >> >> -- >> *Jackie Koerner* >> >> *she/her* >> Board Governance Facilitator >> *English language and Meta-Wiki* >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> >
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