Erik Moeller wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
>> Many organizations have dozens or hundreds of vice presidents, like Vice
>> President of Vending Machines and Vice President of Pencil Sharpeners.
>
> Heh. I've certainly been in the VP of Odds and Ends role before. :)
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
> Many organizations have dozens or hundreds of vice presidents, like Vice
> President of Vending Machines and Vice President of Pencil Sharpeners.
Heh. I've certainly been in the VP of Odds and Ends role before. :)
A little bit of context. As
Someday, I can only aspire to be a Vice President of Pencil Sharpeners :)
Sidenote: indeed, on our board we use the terminology Chair &
Vice-Chair, not president.
cheers,
phoebe
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
> Many organizations have dozens or hundreds of vice presidents,
Many organizations have dozens or hundreds of vice presidents, like Vice
President of Vending Machines and Vice President of Pencil Sharpeners.
It's not really analogous to President and Vice President of the U.S.
for example, which are exclusive positions. Of course I agree that job
titles are
Not surprisingly, the executive and board positions of the WMF follow U.S.
convention. It's not super typical to mix the "executive director"
nomenclature with president / vice president, but its common to have vice
presidents reporting to a chief executive (who will often take the title of
"Presid
I am speaking about a company environment.
In my company (Swiss based) the CEO has dismissed his role and now
it's VP because he is in the board.
This role has the aim to moderate the board's meeting when the
President is not present or to sign contracts instead of the
President.
Ilario
On Wed,
I have the same problem when I've translated Erik mail about the new
Android app for WMFr members list. Because in France, a Vice President is
member of board in most of foundations or charities, and almost always it's
a volunteer position.
So to avoid confusion, I have translated as "Directeur e
On 1 February 2012 11:59, Ilario Valdelli wrote:
> Really strange because the title of president and that of
> vice-president belong to the board.
The title "President" is sometimes used by the chair of the board, but
"Vice President" is usually an executive, non-board, position. Large
banks, for
Really strange because the title of president and that of
vice-president belong to the board.
Do you know that the board should not have any conflict of interests
and should do the benefit of the overall foundation?
If the titles of President or Vice-President is in charge of an
executive person,
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Stuart West wrote:
> That's kind of an American thing I think. Many organizations here have Vice
> Presidents, but instead of having a President have someone with the title CEO
> or Executive Director instead.
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2012, at 8:17 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
>
That's kind of an American thing I think. Many organizations here have Vice
Presidents, but instead of having a President have someone with the title CEO
or Executive Director instead.
On Jan 31, 2012, at 8:17 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Erik took on the temporary title "VP of Engineering
Hi.
Erik took on the temporary title "VP of Engineering and Product Development"
after Danese left.[1] Just recently it was codified on wmfwiki.[2]
I don't really think much of job titles anywhere, but it seems strange to
have a Vice President without having a President.[3] Mostly just noting for
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