Jan-Bart: Spot on. It is always uplifting to see one of your measured notes come over the wire.
Jan-Bart de Vreede <[email protected]> writes: > The Foundation is supposed to be an example of good Governance for our > entire movement. We (as a movement) have come a long way in the past 20 > years (and that is important: as our organisation and budget grows, so do > our responsibilities and the critical questions we get from the world) > > It is NOT good governance to have a current board member suddenly resign > and then create a situation where that person receives compensation for a > position that seems to have been created specifically for that board member > (or at least was not publicly posted?). > The impact of this increases as the movement grows, and clear communication is at a premium. How can we use this moment to model the norms we want for the future? Any *particular* moment can feel like a special exception when you are close to it, but the WMF's actions set a standard, translated across time and context, more instantly and effectively than words. > It is a good practice to create a 12 month waiting period before board > members of non-profits can become a staff member/paid contractor/consultant. > A few people mentioned that their own orgs or committees have norms or policies around this (Chris, Philip, Tito); could you describe specifics that are in place now around the movement? SJ.
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