Wikimedia Foundation is not a membership-based organization, you don’t pay a membership dues like those of many professional organizations. Henceforth, it is theoretically cannot be an election which would not be legally enforceable without registered voting members, that’s paying members with verified identity. The community wide voting is structured to function like an election, and I have no doubt the board of trustee will follow established convention on this matter.
Hope this clear some of your confusion. Best, Leo On Sep 11, 2021, 11:25 PM +0800, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>, wrote: > On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 19:16, Tito Dutta <trulyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My good wishes to all the newly selected board members of Wikimedia > > Foundation. > > AIUI, they are not yet board members, nor are they guaranteed to be. > The Trust's bylaws[1] state, at Article IV, Section 3(C) (my > **emphasis**): > > (iii) The Board will appoint candidates who are **nominated** > through this process, subject to Article IV, Section 3(A), and other > provisions of these Bylaws. In the event that a candidate is selected > who does not meet the requirements of Article IV, Section 3(A) or > other requirements of these Bylaws, or of applicable state or federal > law, the Board will (a) **not appoint the candidate**, (b) declare a > vacancy on the Board, and (c) fill the resulting vacancy, subject to > this Section 3 and to Article IV, Section 6 below. > > while Article IV, Section 3(A) says: > > (i) The Board shall be composed of Trustees with a diverse set of > talents, experience, backgrounds, and competencies that will best > fulfill the mission and needs of the Foundation, **as determined by > the Board**. The Board is committed to promoting diversity and > inclusion both in terms of trustee composition and in other aspects of > its work. > > Together, these seem to give the Board the option to "determine" that > the "nominated" individuals would not create a board with "a diverse > set of talents, experience, backgrounds, and competencies" and to > reject one or more of them. > > Furthermore, it seems to make a lie of the claim [2] that "Members of > the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect four candidates > to a three-year term.", if, in fact, we merely "nominate" people for > the Board to consider. > > I'd like to think I'm wrong. Can anyone show me how I am? > > > [1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bylaws > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021 > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > https://pigsonthewing.org.uk > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/GLOFABTMEAK2PJCBKPC4AAZZKFZ344L2/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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