That's reasonable enough, but, as I said in my earlier email, this
committee would need to consist only of current board members, which rather
limits our ability to do anything creative.
Cheers,
Kirill
--
Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
| @wikimediadc
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:32 AM, James Hare <messedrocker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I recommend delegating the work to a committee which
will report its
selection to the wider board for us to vote.
Who will be on this committee? Certainly not I.
James Hare
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 2, 2012, at 3:42 AM, bob(a)racepacket.com wrote:
Who from WikiDC will be participating in the
selection process?
Thanks,
-- Bob Platt
> Hello everyone,
>
> As explained in the announcement forwarded to this list earlier today
> (thanks Sarah!), Wikimedia chapters around the world are beginning the
> biennial process of selecting two members of the Wikimedia Foundation's
> Board of Trustees. As an official Wikimedia chapter, Wikimedia DC will
> have the opportunity to participate in this selection process.
>
> Unfortunately, the indications we are receiving from the process
> moderators
> is that public discussion of the candidates will be severely curtailed
by
> the confidentiality rules currently in place;
we will not, for example,
be
> able to distribute the list of candidates, or
to provide direct
> question-and-answer sessions between the candidates and our members.
>
> Nevertheless, we intend to do everything in our power to ensure that the
> opinions and concerns of our membership -- that is, you -- are taken
into
> account during the selection. In support of
that goal, we would like to
> ask that you send us any input you might have regarding the process and
> its
> desired result. In particular, we are looking for questions that we
> should
> ask of the candidates, as well as criteria that we can use to evaluate a
> candidate's suitability for the Board of Trustees.
>
> Please get us any input by March 1, so that we have it available when
the
> candidate question-and-answer period begins.
Suggestions may be posted
to
> this list; alternatively, if you would prefer
provide them privately,
you
may send
them to secretary(a)wikidc.org.
Thanks,
Kirill
--
Kirill Lokshin
Secretary | Wikimedia District of Columbia
http://wikimediadc.org | @wikimediadc
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