Were this to happen, we'd have to amend the by-laws one way or another. Tom (iirc) pointed out that anyone so appointed would need to be a trustee first and foremost, which is correct, as is the analogy with the Foundation board chapter-selected seats.
But actually I think it's unlikely this issue will arise. On Thursday, March 1, 2012, Gordon Joly <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another fudge? > > > Gordo > > On 01/03/2012 09:02, Jon Davies wrote: >> >> No - ways round this. >> >> Quoting Gordon Joly <[email protected]>: >> >>> >>> >>> Looks like Directors have to be a "natural person". So that would appear to preclude a WMF board member. >>> >>> Gordo >>> >>> >>> ********************************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 14.1 A Director must be a natural person aged 16 years or older except that a person aged under 18 may not be appointed a Director if after their appointment a majority of Directors would be aged under 18. >>> >>> 14.2 No one may be appointed a Director if he or she would be disqualified from acting under the provisions of Article 18.1. >>> >>> 14.3 The number of Directors shall be not less than three but (unless otherwise determined by ordinary resolution) shall not be subject to any maximum. >>> >>> 14.4 The first Directors shall be those persons notified to Companies House as the first directors of the charity. >>> >>> 14.5 A Director may not appoint an alternate director or anyone to act on his or her behalf at meetings of the Directors. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Gordon Joly >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.joly.org.uk/ >>> Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > > Gordon Joly > [email protected] > http://www.joly.org.uk/ > Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
_______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
