Recent threads query whether it is or should be a conflict of interest for a board member to support the appointment of someone who used to work at the same company, and whether multiple board members have shares or stock options with a particular company. So I have read the Conflict of interest policy <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy>, which from my lay person's reading does not appear to have been breached.
I have taken the opportunity to propose a couple of changes <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_transparency_gap#Conflicts_of_interest_-_investments> to that policy. Note I have not first tried to find out how long it is since a certain new trustee left the same company that an existing trustee works for, nor have I asked any board member how many Google shares that they own. But I am making the assumption that no individual member of the WMF board currently owns 10% or more of Google, so I would be very surprised if any of them have managed to break the current conflict of interest policy as I understand it. To be clear I am not proposing any sort of retrospective change that would mean a past decision was void because a trustee voted despite having an interest according to these new rules. Any change to the rules could only apply to decisions made after the rules were updated. WereSpielChequers _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
