I agree. Experience cautions against expectations of perfection as our hopes and dreams often become victims of cold reality. I think it is our friend Katie who says that experience is a good school, but one for which the fees are high. She is proven to be correct, time and time again.
On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 9:36 PM Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I really didn't want to get involved in this, but I'm impulsive. However, >> my impulsiveness and my prudence have agreed that all I will do is >> acknowledge that, yes, the Chair of any charity is a special role with >> special responsibilities.I encourage members to think about that. >> > > Yes, that's true. Though so far in Wikimedia UK's history, we've always > trusted the Board to appoint a Chair who's effective in the post. It's > mainly worked pretty well, and I have a lot of confidence in the current > Board to find someone good. > > However, it is worth thinking about what happens if someone turns out to > be a poor Chair. In which case, it's a simple matter for the Board to > remove them - there only needs to be a majority vote in a board meeting. Or > more likely, they'll quickly get the message and resign before they're > sacked. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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