On 09/02/11 5:28 PM, Craig Franklin wrote: > Just to add to what Illario has said, I think it's important to remember > that most (if not all) chapters are run via a democratic system where the > entire board or committee is elected by its members. Appointing WMF members > to boards would obviously dilute that democratic accountability. Indeed, in > my chapter to have any power we'd have to change our constitution, and I > don't see our members being overly sympathetic to having a perceived > "unelected outsider" on the board making decisions. Unless the WMF > representatives are going to run for election in the normal fashion, or > unless they're going to be mute observers with no effective powers > whatsoever, I don't think this idea is practical at all. >
I don't think that the legalities of implementing such a scheme are the real problem. If a chapter wanted some kind of WMF representation on its board I'm sure it could find a legal way of accomplishing this. The problem is with wanting this in the first place. If chapter members see such a presence as somewhere between useless and hostile, they are not going be enthusiastic to finding ways to make it happen. Ray _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
