[Foundation-l] Board restructuring and community

Sun Apr 27 15:14:49 UTC 2008

2008/4/27 Mike Godwin <mgodwin at wikimedia.org>:
> Lodewijk writes:
>
>  > Without asking any feedback from the community before the decision has
>  > been made, the Board decides to convert two community seats into
>  > chapter seats ...
>  <text omitted>
>
> > And this has been done without asking even advice to the community or
>  > the chapters?
>
>  I don't this characterization is entirely fair, Lodewijk. The opinions
>  of the community and the chapters about governance of the Foundation
>  and its projects, as expressed here in foundation-l and elsewhere,
>  were weighed heavily in the course of the Board's consideration of its
>  governance issues.

It can't of been. There's been very little (if any) discussion about
chapters appointing board members, since the idea never really came up
(it may have been mentioned in passing once or twice). If the board
wanted our opinions, they would have had to ask for them.