On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Kropotkine_113 [email protected]wrote:
Just few questions to make my opinion.
Has Matt Halprin been designated to the Board by the Nominating Commitee (NOMCOM) ? This is explicity required if I read correctly this page :
If he has, when ? Before or after the 2M$ grant negociation ?
Does he fulfill the Nomitanig Commitee selection criterion : "Membership in the Wikimedia community" ?
Where is the list of the other candidates designated by the NOMCOM ?
Could we see the discussions and the recommandations of the nominating commitee ?
Is it possible to know which member of the Board of Trustees agree this appointment ? Or at least juste the repartition support/against in the Board ?
Thanks,
Kropotkine_113
You're misunderstanding the role of the nominating committee and the selection criteria page. The criteria page, as it notes, is for brainstorming the type of candidate characteristics the Board needs. The nominating committee is a group of folks whose role is to help the board locate promising candidates. Authority to appoint Board members (elected or otherwise) rests with the Board.
The agita over Halprin's appointment is a little overwrought. Allusions to community upset or hints at conflicts of interest won't be taken seriously unless some evidence of an actual problem can be presented. In what situations precisely will a conflict of interest occur? What evidence is there that the wider community has any problem with this at all, or is likely to, aside from a few high-volume Foundation-l posters?
I'm amazed that it hasn't ever hit some people that a confrontational and self-righteous approach is quite rarely effective at getting results when your voice is your only power.
Nathan