Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Hi John, Yep, that was part of our (relatively short) discussion as well. I cannot recall why we dropped it at that time, but the Board Governance Committee proposed this now as a good practice. Jan-Bart On 30 mrt. 2012, at 16:27, John Vandenberg wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:19 AM,

Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
On 30 mrt. 2012, at 15:19, David Gerard wrote: >> > > > Yes. This will also avoid, as recently, board members appearing to > later disclaim actions (a vote) that they were in fact responsible for > taking. > > > - d. > 1) Assume good faith, I cannot recall ANY incident in which a board me

Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread John Vandenberg
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:19 AM, David Gerard wrote: > On 30 March 2012 13:56, WereSpielChequers wrote: > >> That's a very welcome move, and I hope it helps build bridges back to the >> community. From time to time we will have very divisive issues to discuss, >> and in such situations it is muc

Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread David Gerard
On 30 March 2012 13:56, WereSpielChequers wrote: > That's a very welcome move, and I hope it helps build bridges back to the > community. From time to time we will have very divisive issues to discuss, > and in such situations it is much easier for the "losing" side in the > community if they can

Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread WereSpielChequers
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Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread Chris Keating
> During the Board of Trustees meeting today we passed a resolution on > Trustee voting transparency: > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_of_Trustees_Voting_Transparency > > asking that in future resolutions we publish the names of trustees > with their votes for each resolutio

Re: [Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
phoebe ayers, 30/03/2012 14:03: During the Board of Trustees meeting today we passed a resolution on Trustee voting transparency: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_of_Trustees_Voting_Transparency asking that in future resolutions we publish the names of trustees with their vot

[Foundation-l] resolution on voting transparency

2012-03-30 Thread phoebe ayers
During the Board of Trustees meeting today we passed a resolution on Trustee voting transparency: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Board_of_Trustees_Voting_Transparency asking that in future resolutions we publish the names of trustees with their votes for each resolution. best, Pho