Two male trustees are leaving as their terms have expired. One male trustee has been controversially ousted.
Two trustees have been appointed, one female, the other male. There is a petition to reject the new male trustee which may or may not succeed, and if it succeeds who can predict the gender of the next appointment. There will be a replacement for the ousted male trustee, and that replacement could be of any gender. So the events of the last few weeks have left the board with a lightly more even gender balance and could switch the balance further. But I doubt that was anyone's primary motive in all this kerfuffle. On 26 January 2016 at 17:09, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > While I believe that the issues raised in the changes in the Board of > Trustees are important and worthy of attention for many reasons, it does > not appear to me that there are issues specific to (or particularly > relevant to) the gender gap, except in a very, very peripheral way. > > Risker/Anne > > On 26 January 2016 at 11:20, Carol Moore dc <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Wondering if there is any particular relevance to the gender gap issue in >> the removal of one board member and protests against the new one? Or just a >> general "editor trust" issue, which makes many editors dis-trust any "close >> the gap" programs/initiatives by WMF?? (Or at least gives them an *excuse* >> to distrust them!) >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Heilman >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:James_Heilman_Removal >> http://www.examiner.com/article/the-doctor-is-out-says-wmf-board >> >> AND >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnnon_Geshuri >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Vote_of_no_confidence_on_Arnnon_Geshuri >> >> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/editors-demand-ouster-of-wikimedia-board-member-involved-in-no-poach-deal/ >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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