Seconding Béria here - by common sense, a group called the "Wikimedia Chapters Association" would represent the Wikimedia chapters. If it only exists to represent "Wikimedia chapters that sign on to ideas X and Y, and pledge Z, and attend meeting Q", then the name ought to be more representative of that - "Biggest Wikimedia Chapters Association", or "Wikimedia Europe", or "Wikimedia Chapter Politics Interest Group"...
-Fluffernutter On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Béria Lima <berial...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, since the WCA don't plan to represent all the chapters, it would be > good it changed the name to a more suitable representation of the truth > (that would be something like "European Chapters Association" based on the > people present in the last > meeting< > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Meetings/2013-07 > >) > to avoid confusion. > _____ > *Béria Lima* > > *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter > livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a > construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* > > > On 25 February 2013 12:21, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > The model of voting delegates the casting of votes to members of the > > > council; which are individuals, chosen by chapters. Purely from a > > > practical perspective, it may not be possible for chapters to get > > > council members in order by the deadline for this vote if they are not > > > already members. Additionally, it's important to distinguish in voting > > > between chapters abstaining and chapters simply not participating. > > > Choosing to be a member, while not exercising a vote, is effectively > > > assent to the outcome. This is not the case for those chapters which > > > have chosen not to join the WCA. > > > > > > > while I agree that in principle WCA should serve the large Wikimedia > > community and its impact should definitely not be limited to members > only, > > I believe it is quite dangerous from the point of view of governance to > > separate membership from voting rights. Although it could make perfect > > sense to accept non-member chapter functionaries as candidates for the > > board/chair/etc., the very right to vote should be reserved to those who > > opt-in. Otherwise the chain of responsibility gets fuzzy, plus what > Nathan > > wrote. > > > > best, > > > > dariusz > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
