Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Liam Wyatt
Thanks Cornelius! Why am I not surprised that you would have the precise documentation already prepared :-) p.s. Sandra: understood. this is what I mean by the legal contexts being different for how boards are formed but the desire being [approximately] the same. wittylama.com Peace, love &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Eileen Hershenov
These sound like amazing choices for the board. Congratulations and welcome! On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 7:47 AM Tim Moritz Hector < tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia Deutschland’s Board has taken the > opportunity to appoint two new

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Asaf Bartov
Congratulations, Peter and Gabriele, and WMDE. Liam, to your question, at least one other chapter has appointed board members: Wikimedia Israel. A. On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:36 AM Liam Wyatt wrote: > Thank you for this information Tim, and welcome Peter, and Gabriele!

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Liam Wyatt
Thank you for this information Tim, and welcome Peter, and Gabriele! I know that the boards of Wikimedia- Germany, France, UK and Netherlands have "appointed" seats (also known as "external" or "expert" seats), and so too does the WMF. I assume that the formal legal process for these are all

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Nataliia Tymkiv
Dear Gabriele and Peter, Welcome! Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Tim Moritz Hector
Hi all, just a short rectification: We have up to 2 (not 3) appointed seats in the board. So in total our board consists of 9 members: 7 elected by the general assembly and 2 appointed. I am happy that now, with the appointment of Gabriele and Peter, we have all seats on our board filled. Best

[Wikimedia-l] Appointment of Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald to the WMDE Board of Trustees

2017-11-30 Thread Tim Moritz Hector
Dear all, I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia Deutschland’s Board has taken the opportunity to appoint two new members for the first time. Dr. Gabriele Theren and Peter Dewald are taking appointed seats in our board. After our general assembly decided to make way for up to 3 appointed