I just ask few questions. I did not mention conflict of interest nor community upset in my post. I'm not a high-volume Foundation-l poster (maybe 1 or 2 posts in three years), but an intensive reader.
About the nominating commitee, in this Q&A page : http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcement_Q%26A I read : "Q : How will the Board appoint the "specific experts" seats? A : Beginning in January 2009, four Trustees will be appointed by the Board from a list of candidates selected by nominating commitee." Which is slighty different than "the nomitaning commitee help the board to locate promising candidates". Sorry to disturb your foundation-l but I just want to have some explanations that I didn't find in this thread. Is this possible ? If not, no problem, I'll go back to other activities. Kropotkine_113 Le mercredi 26 août 2009 à 14:01 -0400, Nathan a écrit : > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kropotkine_113 <kropotkine...@free.fr>wrote: > > > Just few questions to make my opinion. > > > > Has Matt Halprin been designated to the Board by the Nominating Commitee > > (NOMCOM) ? This is explicity required if I read correctly this page : > > > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees/Restructure_Announcement_Q%26A > > > > If he has, when ? Before or after the 2M$ grant negociation ? > > > > Does he fulfill the Nomitanig Commitee selection criterion : "Membership > > in the Wikimedia community" ? > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nominating_Committee/Selection_criteria#General_needed_traits > > > > Where is the list of the other candidates designated by the NOMCOM ? > > > > Could we see the discussions and the recommandations of the nominating > > commitee ? > > > > Is it possible to know which member of the Board of Trustees agree this > > appointment ? Or at least juste the repartition support/against in the > > Board ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Kropotkine_113 > > > > > You're misunderstanding the role of the nominating committee and the > selection criteria page. The criteria page, as it notes, is for > brainstorming the type of candidate characteristics the Board needs. The > nominating committee is a group of folks whose role is to help the board > locate promising candidates. Authority to appoint Board members (elected or > otherwise) rests with the Board. > > The agita over Halprin's appointment is a little overwrought. Allusions to > community upset or hints at conflicts of interest won't be taken seriously > unless some evidence of an actual problem can be presented. In what > situations precisely will a conflict of interest occur? What evidence is > there that the wider community has any problem with this at all, or is > likely to, aside from a few high-volume Foundation-l posters? > > I'm amazed that it hasn't ever hit some people that a confrontational and > self-righteous approach is quite rarely effective at getting results when > your voice is your only power. > > Nathan > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l