[Wikimedia-l] Thinking outside the box

We have seen various appointments to influential committees within the WMF "system" in recent weeks: the Funds Dissemination Committee and the Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members; the Board Election Committee is being geared up and new Board members will soon be selected by

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thinking outside the box

You clearly have a strong and abiding interest in movement governance, and have been asking some good questions. You should have submitted your candidacy.[1] To your point, I guess it can be taken as a reminder, but it does not seem to me that the appointments were made *so as to minimize*

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Thinking outside the box

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I agree that we need to work on developing new leaders. That includes: * On-wiki administrators * On-wiki program leaders * Affiliate board and committee members (including user groups, which IMO get far too little support from WMF) * Affiliate