Wikimedia Portugal held votes between their members to 2008 and 2010 elections. I know WMFR, WMUK and WMAR do the same, and the list can go on... _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 1 February 2012 21:42, Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> wrote: > You're misunderstanding; I'm saying the Board of Trustees nominations > happening on the chapters wiki is open merely to the representatives of > chapters, not to the thousands of members apparently taking part. Please do > list those chapters who have an internal vote of the membership before > voting on the Chapter Representatives for the Board of Trustees; I would > imagine it's going to be *rather* small, particularly if you're not > actually allowed to tell your members who is running or anything about > them. > > On 1 February 2012 23:40, Theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > No; it's open to several chapters. If you're planning on holding the > > > process in private, it's in no way open to thousands of members - it's > > open > > > to representatives of thousands of members who were not, I would wager, > > > selected because of their opinions on wider movement governance. > > > > > > > What? > > > > Chapters by definition have to have a board, and be open to membership. > The > > decision taken by the board and representatives, is usually vetted > > internally, it is representative of the entire chapter; as much as the > > community elected members are representative of the entire community, > > beyond just the individuals that voted. The community elected members > > aren't called, the community-who-voted board members. > > > > Regards > > Theo > > > > > > > > > > (personal opinion, etc) > > > > > > On 1 February 2012 23:17, Theo10011 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > In what way do chapter-selected seats improve the running of the > WMF, > > > > > Thomas? The Board has no say in who is being selected, and there > is > > no > > > > > basis in fact to say that those appointed by the chapters are any > > more > > > > > effective or helpful in meeting the Board's goals or running the > WMF > > > than > > > > > would community-elected Wikimedians. > > > > > > > > > > > > Risker, you know the point applies to appointed members of the board > as > > > > well. They are selected through even a more private process for > > seemingly > > > > unlimited terms, they make up the other half of the board. I am > > surprised > > > > why questions about their interest and representation aren't raised > on > > > > every new appointment? > > > > > > > > The chapter selected member, at least go through a vetting and a > voting > > > > process that is open to several chapters and thousand of members. > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > Theo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Oliver Keyes > > > Community Liaison, Product Development > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > Oliver Keyes > Community Liaison, Product Development > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
