Just wanted to post some thoughts on the subject of the WMF having an
external governance review/audit. As you may know the FDC recommended that
the WMF should do this and I imagine the WMF board is thinking about the
matter at the moment. I was Chair of Wikimedia UK when we undertook our
governanc
thanks for this! A useful food for thought (for transparency: mid-May I
started a conversation with Chris about how the process worked in the UK).
best,
dj
On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Chris Keating
wrote:
> Just wanted to post some thoughts on the subject of the WMF having an
> external go
Thanks for your feedback. I think it import we have a realistic view on
what a governance review/audit can accomplish.
My experience on running audits/reviews resembles what you write. A lot
of the result will most probably be long bits of text, stating thing
that is already well known, like t
governance consultants are very unlikely to recommend
or support (say) live-streaming board meetings to increase
transparency, or
making community-elected trustees unsackable without a referendum of
some
kind
Most of what you said is valuable, but I have to point out that you are
begging the
> governance consultants are very unlikely to recommend
>> or support (say) live-streaming board meetings to increase transparency,
>> or
>> making community-elected trustees unsackable without a referendum of some
>> kind
>>
>
> Most of what you said is valuable, but I have to point out that you a
Marc - just wanted to thank you for using "begging the question" properly!
Chris - thanks for your insight. To Anders' point, perhaps not all insights
offered will be new to everyone. But where some problems or potential
solutions have been identified by some, it will be nice for them to have
rein
Den 2016-06-02 kl. 20:07, skrev Nathan:
To Anders' point, perhaps not all insights
offered will be new to everyone.
Perhaps unwise of me. I state here what I would expect to come out of
such an audit/review (and I do not write this to start a heated
discussion, I could be very wrong, but to
I have a couple of concerns, a review has the potential to stagnate the WMF
as indicated from WMConf in Berlin thats already a problem and its
impacting regular activities that take longer to organise. Traditionally
WLE offers a trip to Wikimania that fine this year as its offering Montreal
but wh