Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

2021-04-25 Thread Steven Walling
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 12:47 PM Erik Moeller wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:35 AM Steven Walling > wrote: > > So I don’t think your point is the highest priority item compared to > deciding the > > election / appointment for all the rest of the seats. > > I agree that's the more important

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

2021-04-25 Thread Erik Moeller
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 10:35 AM Steven Walling wrote: > So I don’t think your point is the highest priority item compared to deciding > the > election / appointment for all the rest of the seats. I agree that's the more important question. Regarding the founder seat, I do think it would be good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

2021-04-25 Thread Steven Walling
On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 4:24 PM Luis Villa wrote: > This looks like a very thoughtful start on a very thorny problem, well > done. > > Given that we’re trying to diversify the board, and that Jimmy has > recently criticized FSF for having lifetime board appointments for > founders,* I was surpris

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

2021-04-25 Thread Philip Kopetzky
Hi Luis, this has been brought up on the talk page of the proposed bylaw changes, including a statement by Jimmy: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/October_2020_-_Proposed_Bylaws_changes#Founder_seat Would be interesting to know if the status has changed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

2021-04-23 Thread Luis Villa
This looks like a very thoughtful start on a very thorny problem, well done. Given that we’re trying to diversify the board, and that Jimmy has recently criticized FSF for having lifetime board appointments for founders,* I was surprised not to see any mention in this document of sunsetting Jimmy’

[Wikimedia-l] Resolution about the upcoming Board elections

2021-04-21 Thread Jackie Koerner
Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met last week to decide on a plan for the 2021 Board elections. The Board Governance Committee created this proposal, based on the Call for Feedback about Community Board Seats.[1] Please check the related announcement for details.[2] The Board w