Oh, agreed. But what I'm interested in is not "should be", but whether the rhetoric in internal chapter elections is usually dominated by, or even includes, mention of the wider governance issues.
I think chapters have a crucial role to play in movement governance, and that trustees of each chapter should be at the forefront of that. But are they selected with that role in mind? On 1 February 2012 23:44, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:20 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. > > I'll take your wager :P > > Chapter board members are *constantly* swimming in both local and > wider movement governance issues. The members of chapters should be > looking for board members who are able to effectively represent them > in those waters. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > 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
