On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Bishakha Datta, 02/11/2012 17:08: > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Benjamin Lees wrote: >> >> This doesn't seem too unreasonable in itself, but it is somewhat >>> surprising >>> that you didn't readjust the board's composition accordingly. The >>> justification for having unelected seats is to ensure that the board has >>> people with specific skills or backgrounds, and my impression was that >>> getting someone with accounting experience to serve as treasurer was part >>> of that. >>> >>> >> And that accounting experience is still very much needed on the Board - to >> head the Audit Committee and to oversee the treasurer. >> > > This seems quite a weak answer to Benjamin's point: if the experience of > an "expert" board member is relevant/needed only for one committee which > can consist also of non-board members (who in principle can also head it), > then the board may well decide to restrict his/her partecipation to that > committee, to take advantage of that experience where it's most effective > and free a board position to allow further diversification and expansion of > board member experiences. > > The point I didn't make explicit is that someone on the board needs to embody the notion of financial accountability - although all of us, as trustees, see this as part of our fiduciary duties, it is extremely useful to have among us, a trustee, who 'owns' the overall concept, and pushes to consistently strengthen financial accountability (as part of overall accountability), both at the Foundation and across the movement. Best Bishakha _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
