For those who are interested in cooption (appointing) of (volunteer) board members, I can recommend you to read the documentation of the Wikimedia Conference 2017 session "Cooption in Wikimedia boards": https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2017/Program/45. Itzik Edri (WMIL), Michael Maggs (WMUK) and Nataliia Tymkiv (WMF) explained how their organizations' appointing processes, structures and experiences are.
Best regards Cornelius On 30 November 2017 at 14:53, Sandra Rientjes - Wikimedia Nederland < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Liam, > > Just a small point of clarification: in Wikimedia Nederland the Board does > not have the possibility to appoint new Board Members. The General Assembly > 'appoints' (i.e. elects) all members of the Board. > > Regards, > > > Sandra Rientjes > Directeur/Executive Director Wikimedia Nederland > > tel. (+31) (0)30 3200238 <+31%2030%20320%200238> > mob. (+31) (0)6 31786379 <+31%206%2031786379> > > www.wikimedia.nl > > > Mariaplaats 3 > 3511 LH Utrecht > > 2017-11-30 14:35 GMT+01:00 Liam Wyatt <[email protected]>: > > > Thank you for this information Tim, and welcome Peter, and Gabriele! > > > > I know that the boards of Wikimedia- Germany, France, UK and Netherlands > > have "appointed" seats (also known as "external" or "expert" seats), and > so > > too does the WMF. I assume that the formal legal process for these are > all > > different according to local laws, but I also assume that the purpose is > > roughly the same: to ensure there is diversity of expertise and opinions, > > to fill specifically identified skill gaps, and to guard against a mere > > 'popularity contest' election. > > > > Do any other Chapters have "appointed" seats on their boards? Have some > > Chapters tried, but rejected the concept? > > > > > > wittylama.com > > Peace, love & metadata > > > > On 30 November 2017 at 14:08, Tim Moritz Hector < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > just a short rectification: We have up to 2 (not 3) appointed seats in > > the > > > board. So in total our board consists of 9 members: 7 elected by the > > > general assembly and 2 appointed. > > > > > > I am happy that now, with the appointment of Gabriele and Peter, we > have > > > all seats on our board filled. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > > > 2017-11-30 13:47 GMT+01:00 Tim Moritz Hector > > <tim-moritz.hector@wikimedia. > > > de > > > >: > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > I am delighted to announce that Wikimedia Deutschland’s Board has > taken > > > > the opportunity to appoint two new members for the first time. Dr. > > > Gabriele > > > > Theren and Peter Dewald are taking appointed seats in our board. > > > > > > > > After our general assembly decided to make way for up to 3 appointed > > > > seats, we created a profile of skills we would like to add to the > > board. > > > We > > > > focussed on the future of Wikimedia Deutschland, strategically and > > > > financially, and got about 60 applications. Many of them showed > > > impressive > > > > profiles, striving for Free Knowledge. > > > > > > > > We decided for Gabriele, who is a trained lawyer, mediator and serves > > as > > > > department head in the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the > > > German > > > > federal state of Saxony-Anhalt. We also elected Peter who has 35 > years > > of > > > > expertise as managing director at Apple and the software group Sage, > > was > > > > member of the board of Germany’s digital association Bitkom and has a > > lot > > > > of experience in volunteer work. > > > > > > > > Both will be members of the board until the next election by the > > general > > > > assembly in about one year. Please join me in welcoming Gabriele and > > > Peter > > > > to the Wikiverse. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Tim Moritz Hector > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Tim Moritz Hector > > > > Chair of the Board > > > > Wikimedia Deutschland > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wik > > i/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Cornelius Kibelka Program and Engagement Coordinator (PEC) for the Wikimedia Conference Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Tel. 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