Hi fellow board members,
In the new year, our chapter will be asked to participate in a process to
select two of ten board members of the Wikimedia Foundation, working with
the other chapters and affiliates:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats
There has been some criticism of the non-public nature of some of the
various international chapters' voting in the past, and I would suggest a
local reform by us selecting the WMNYC candidates by a consensus discussion
at a public meeting, probably during April WikiWednesday.
We also have the opportunity to nominate any appropriate candidates to the
global affiliates' election (candidates are not self-nominated, but are
nominated by one of the affiliates). These can be people from anywhere in
the world.
BTW, this is the timeline, note that the period for comments on process
ends this month, though the actual election is later:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats#Provisi…
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)