Hi, I understand that, in face of this decision, something (the "movement"? the affiliates? who?) will have to come up with some process in some place (where?) to viabilize the inclusion of UGs in the Affiliate-selected Board seats (ASBS) 2019 process, which is expected to start in about 45 days.
What happens if no consensus is reached during that time frame? Will ASBS be pushed forward indefinitely until some consensus on the process is reached? How do fluid entities like UGs without even a proper registry of its members will chose a representant? I believe at least that will have to be decided. All this reminds-me of the infamous Paulo Coelho quote from "O Alquimista": "Quando alguém quer uma coisa, *todo o Universo* conspira para que possa realizá-la" - "When someone wants something, all the Universe conspires to make it happen". And also of another very well known Portuguese sayings: "pushing something forward with one's belly". Best, Paulo - DarwIn Wikimedia Portugal Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> escreveu no dia terça, 19/02/2019 à(s) 15:17: > Hello all! > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board has unanimously approved the changes to the > Bylaws [1] during the last Board meeting on January 30, 2019. This will be > covered in the minutes, and the resolution will be published in short > order. > > This change allows the participation of User Groups [2] in the > Affiliate-selected Board seats (ASBS) 2019 process [3]. The discussion > about this process should start as soon as possible in order to have these > two seats selected by Wikimania. This is why we are sending this letter > now, before the resolution is published. > > There are now over 100 recognized User Groups, covering over 50 countries, > several languages and topics, many of whom represent new and emergent > communities within the Wikimedia movement. The Board believes that the > added perspectives of the User Groups, combined with the voices of Chapters > and Thematic Organizations, will lead to a richer collection of guidance > for our movement. The conversation about how User Groups may participate in > this process has been on for years, it is not a new topic [4]. > > Once the facilitators of the Selection process are appointed by the > affiliates, they should work with María Sefidari, who has been chosen by > the Board as the Board liaison for the ASBS process. > > Given the potential complexity of organizing a process that now will > include over a hundred user groups, the Wikimedia Foundation is offering > its support to set up infrastructure and help with communications if > requested by the affiliates. > > A page for translation can be found at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Wikimedia_Foundation_Bylaws_changed_plus_next_steps > > On behalf of the Board > > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > > Chair of the Board Governance Committee > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/December_2018_-_Affiliate-selected_trustees,_term_limits,_and_diversity > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups > > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019 > > > [4] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/January_2014_-_Amendment_for_Trustees_selected_by_Chapters_and_Thematic_Organizations > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in > advance!* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
