With regard to the WMF having a "seat" on the board, they are already welcome to sit on every board meeting and say whatever they want to the board members. Yes WMF, please continue to come and join our meetings and add some great perspective and value. Sue Gardner and Ting Chen have sat in and contributed to board meetings over the last year and we all felt this was useful for building honest and productive relationships.
Personally I would *firmly be opposed* to giving a Foundation representative any voting rights, regardless of wrinkles in UK Charity Commission guidance or possible "fudges". If someone could provide a rationale that our members would find convincing as to why the Foundation would need special powers, this would be interesting to read. WMUK is currently considering how Fellows and Associates would work in practice and I am hopeful that such groups could provide a strong alternative voice for our community if a current board were in some way losing perspective; certainly such groups form from our local community should be given at least as strong a voice as the Foundation. WMUK has truly open board meetings, remember that *you* are personally welcome to sit in or give a presentation on any matter you feel needs more attention from the board, just give us some notice that you want to come along and a couple of week's notice if you would like to introduce an item on the agenda. This offer is not limited to members. For locations and times, see <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_meetings> Thanks, Fae -- http://enwp.org/user_talk:fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
