In fact, I did not participate in the discussion page on meta about
that, because I guessed that my opinion would not be taken in account,
neither discussed, and now it seems that, sadly, I was right in that
thought.
El 2019-02-19 17:25, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel escribió:
Antanana and the board,
I find it sad and disappointing that after such a long conversation on
the
talk page, there wasn't any comment on the talk page or in this
statement
about the problem of double voting by many UG's members. Did the board
even
discuss that or we just wasted our time giving feedback on it?
Ensuring equality in voting is the basis for every democracy and is
trampled here completely without any comment from the board about how
to
ensure it.
*Itzik Edri*
Chairperson
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:18 PM Nataliia Tymkiv <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello all!
The Wikimedia Foundation Board has unanimously approved the changes to
the
Bylaws [1] during the last Board meeting on January 30, 2019. This
will be
covered in the minutes, and the resolution will be published in short
order.
This change allows the participation of User Groups [2] in the
Affiliate-selected Board seats (ASBS) 2019 process [3]. The
discussion
about this process should start as soon as possible in order to have
these
two seats selected by Wikimania. This is why we are sending this
letter
now, before the resolution is published.
There are now over 100 recognized User Groups, covering over 50
countries,
several languages and topics, many of whom represent new and emergent
communities within the Wikimedia movement. The Board believes that the
added perspectives of the User Groups, combined with the voices of
Chapters
and Thematic Organizations, will lead to a richer collection of
guidance
for our movement. The conversation about how User Groups may
participate in
this process has been on for years, it is not a new topic [4].
Once the facilitators of the Selection process are appointed by the
affiliates, they should work with María Sefidari, who has been chosen
by
the Board as the Board liaison for the ASBS process.
Given the potential complexity of organizing a process that now will
include over a hundred user groups, the Wikimedia Foundation is
offering
its support to set up infrastructure and help with communications if
requested by the affiliates.
A page for translation can be found at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Wikimedia_Foundation_Bylaws_changed_plus_next_steps
On behalf of the Board
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
Chair of the Board Governance Committee
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/December_2018_-_Affiliate-selected_trustees,_term_limits,_and_diversity
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/January_2014_-_Amendment_for_Trustees_selected_by_Chapters_and_Thematic_Organizations
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