[Foundation-l] Board-announcement: Board Restructuring

Sat Apr 26 20:29:25 UTC 2008

Bryan Tong Minh wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede
> <janbart at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>  The most significant change here is probably the addition of two
>>  chapters-selected seats. This has been under consideration for a long
>>  time, and we are glad to finally be implementing it. We want to
>>  acknowledge that the chapters are an important player in the fulfillment
>>  of the Wikimedia Foundation's mission, and that they therefore deserve a
>>  voice in the governance of the Foundation. Please note that the two
>>  chapters-selected seats are not intended to represent the interests of
>>  the chapters vis-a-vis the Foundation. The chapters are being asked to
>>  pick trustees who they feel will represent the interests of the
>>  Wikimedia Foundation, and help it fulfill its mission as well as it
>>  possibly can.
>>
> Have the details of this already been worked out? Are those two seats
> divided via an election where every chapter has an X number of votes,
> or is it a more consensus orientated process where all chapters
> discuss together which two candidates are the best suited?

The chapters read this announcement for the first time right now. The 
chapters will be the ones defining this process. It is entirely up to 
them to decide how they will elect the two representatives. So, no 
details have been worked out.

Ant