Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions 2018

2018-07-20 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I have started to collect some information.. PS Tanya Welcome !! Thanks, GerardM https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?q=Q55655418 On 19 July 2018 at 17:33, Christophe Henner wrote: > And because I can't step down properly, a part of the email was missing, > here is the complete

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions 2018

2018-07-20 Thread Nurunnaby Hasive
Congratulations from Bangladesh. Hasive WMBD On Fri, 20 Jul, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Lucas Teles wrote: > Congrats from Brazil. > > Hope for a community of editors and contributors as diverse as the Board > already is. > > Teles > > Em qui, 19 de jul de 2018 às 12:34, Christophe Henner < >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions 2018

2018-07-19 Thread Lucas Teles
Congrats from Brazil. Hope for a community of editors and contributors as diverse as the Board already is. Teles Em qui, 19 de jul de 2018 às 12:34, Christophe Henner escreveu: > And because I can't step down properly, a part of the email was missing, > here is the complete version > > > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions 2018

2018-07-19 Thread Christophe Henner
And because I can't step down properly, a part of the email was missing, here is the complete version *Hello everyone,* *I am happy to make some announcements about the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. As of today, Tanya Capuano has formally joined

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions 2018

2018-07-19 Thread Christophe Henner
*Hello everyone,I am happy to make some announcements about the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. As of today, Tanya Capuano has formally joined the Board. Tanya is an experienced financial professional who has worked as a Vice President of Finance for Intuit, and more recently as CFO for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-24 Thread Asaf Bartov
Perhaps we can agree it is, properly, a *nomination by community election* process, and lay this thread to rest. :) A. On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:01 AM Katie Chan wrote: > On 23/08/2017 15:32, Andy Mabbett wrote: > > On 23 August 2017 at 12:32, Katie Chan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-23 Thread Katie Chan
On 23/08/2017 15:32, Andy Mabbett wrote: On 23 August 2017 at 12:32, Katie Chan wrote: Let's go with the broader definition from (en) Wiktionary - "A process of choosing ... or other representatives by popular vote.", or even beyond the first sentence from en Wikipedia - "To

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-23 Thread Thyge
I think we all know the substance of this topic and have known for quite some time. Everyone may call the procedure whatever suits her/him best. Regards Thyge - Sir48 2017-08-23 16:32 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett : > On 23 August 2017 at 12:32, Katie Chan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 23 August 2017 at 12:32, Katie Chan wrote: > On 23/08/2017 00:33, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> >> >> By definition, no, it is not. "An election is a formal group >> decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to >> hold public office." In this case the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-22 Thread Katie Chan
** Personal views follow ** On 22/08/2017 20:10, Andy Mabbett wrote: María and Dariusz, were re-elected after the recent community election. This is not correct. There was no "community election"; the community is only empowered to /nominate/ candidates, which the board may or may not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 11 August 2017 at 16:16, Christophe Henner wrote: > As is customary, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met right > before Wikimania and appointed new trustees and elected its officers. Yes; the board /appointed/ new trustees... > María and Dariusz, were

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-17 Thread Jean-Philippe Béland
Congrats to all re-elected! JP On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:30 AM Shani Evenstein wrote: > Thanks for the update, Christophe. Wishing the board a productive, > fruitful and smooth year! > > And Happy Wikimania, everyone, especially to all the Wikimedians who > couldn't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-11 Thread Shani Evenstein
Thanks for the update, Christophe. Wishing the board a productive, fruitful and smooth year! And Happy Wikimania, everyone, especially to all the Wikimedians who couldn't make it this year. So great that we have live-streaming this year (thanks again, Melody & Eddie!) and can participate and

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees appointments and officer positions

2017-08-11 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi everyone, As is customary, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees met right before Wikimania and appointed new trustees and elected its officers. This is a rare occasion as I will not need to write a farewell email. The two Board members that were finishing their terms, María and Dariusz,