My two cents: no, no, no, absolutely not, by all means no, never. I am strongly, strongly, strongly opposed to such a move. The chapters already elect two members of the Board, and that's quite enough. When it comes to matters concerning strategic direction chapters are the movement equivalent of a political interest group. The Board is the entity ultimately responsible for the funding reigns, and I strongly suspect that such a move, *especially given the weakness of community response in elections*, would immediately result in an influx of "chapter junkies" who will vote as a nearly-united political bloc for whatever candidate promises a freer flow of money.
The ramifications would be immediate. This is absolutely the wrongest possible direction to go in. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is definitely worthy of discussion and I agree that either all > employees of WMF affiliates should be permitted to vote or employee status > should be removed as an element of eligibility. Hopefully the board and its > electioneers will weigh in with their opinions. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
