Re: [Wikimedia-l] Consultation opened for Bylaws change

2013-04-23 Thread Lodewijk
Thank you for taking this step! I am glad that the board now involves the
community in its bylaw changing process.

Lodewijk


2013/4/22 Risker risker...@gmail.com

 Just in case others had problems with the links (thanks gmail...)


 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/May_2013_-_Article_IV_Section_6_%28Vacancies%29


 Risker


 On 22 April 2013 16:54, Alice Wiegand awieg...@wikimedia.org wrote:

  Hi all,
 
  as Ting has announced in his earlier mail, the WMF Board prepared an
  amendment for its Bylaws to clarify the wording and ensure its ability to
  act especially in situations where a resignation reduces the number of
  trustees to less than nine or an officer position is affected.
 
  Please take a look at
 
 
 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/May_2013_-_Article_IV_Section_6_(Vacancies)and
  leave your comments on the talk page. Tell us what you think about it,
  your comments are welcome.
 
  Regards, Alice.
 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Consultation opened for Bylaws change

2013-04-23 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)

Lodewijk, 23/04/2013 18:11:

Thank you for taking this step! I am glad that the board now involves the
community in its bylaw changing process.


+1
What appears obvious in bylaws changes, never is.

Vacancies, in particular, are among the trickiest matters to deal with 
in bylaws; I left a comment about this on talk.


Nemo

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Consultation opened for Bylaws change

2013-04-22 Thread Risker
Just in case others had problems with the links (thanks gmail...)

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/May_2013_-_Article_IV_Section_6_%28Vacancies%29


Risker


On 22 April 2013 16:54, Alice Wiegand awieg...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi all,

 as Ting has announced in his earlier mail, the WMF Board prepared an
 amendment for its Bylaws to clarify the wording and ensure its ability to
 act especially in situations where a resignation reduces the number of
 trustees to less than nine or an officer position is affected.

 Please take a look at

 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/May_2013_-_Article_IV_Section_6_(Vacancies)and
 leave your comments on the talk page. Tell us what you think about it,
 your comments are welcome.

 Regards, Alice.

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 Wikimedia Foundation

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