Hi SJ! The 12 month waiting/cooldown period is something that was implemented in the Good Governance Kodex of Wikimedia Austria in 2014, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_%C3%96sterreich/Good_Governance_Kodex, with an independent committee consisting of a staff, board and community representative deciding cases that do not fulfill the 12 months waiting period.
Best, Philip On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 16:28, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/7FW7WRGMLPS7MYUI4UPD7YTSCUVP2LVG/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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