On 5/9/10 3:16 AM, Casey Brown wrote: > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Mark Ryan<ultrab...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have to agree with you, Anthere. It's starting to look like over >> time the role of the board has evolved from broad guidance and >> administration to some sort of twisted version of enwp's Arbitration >> Committee. When the board was first created, it wasn't particularly >> political and its members were simply those who were most well-known >> and respected from across the Wikimedia communities. Now, at least >> some of the board members appear to be of the opinion that they have >> become the ultimate arbiters of what should be included in Wikimedia >> projects. They are not, and this will eventually become patently clear >> to them when their seats are due for re-election. >> > > Just throwing in a link to a page Anthere wrote summarizing the "role > of a board member", which might be useful here: > <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_member> > > -- > Casey Brown > Cbrown1023
Well, thank you for reminding us of this link explaining what the role of a board member is and is not. Just a clarification. I am not the author of this statement. This statement comes from the board itself, and was crafted and officially approved during a board meeting in June 2007. http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Elections_to_the_board_(June_2007) Anthere _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
