Revolution of 2016/Stakeholder representation

Selection - election or appointment?

In the short term the current board vacancy is an opportunity for the board.

— WereSpielChequers, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082275.html

All-elected board - challenges

A big question which was there from the very beginning is how to ensure the diversity. ... We know if we make all seats directly elected we do not necessarily have the desired diversity and needed skills.

— Yaroslav M. Blanter, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082282.html

My concern with the "at-large" seats is that if we’ve looked at the history of community Board elections, the electorate is overwhelmingly from the developed world

— Josh Lim, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082350.html

Strengths and weaknesses of options

community/chapter elected members do not always have any prior experience of working on an NGO board or in any similar body...

— Dariusz Jemielniak, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082302.html

Specific proposals for make-up

Specific proposal A

-Five community-elected seats....-One chapter/org seat...-Four appointed/"specialty" seats

— Todd Allen, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082306.html

Specific proposal C

- One Founder's Seat...- Six regional seats...- Five at-large seats...- Three affiliate seats

— Adrian Raddatz, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082348.html

Representation issues - gender, race, language, location, constituents and more

Does it make any sense to make the board in some of its future incarnations more representative? ... editors?... world's lands and languages? ... economic regions? ...

— Amir E. Aharoni, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082280.html

chapters/affiliate seats - yes or no?

it seems to me that many people in this conversation don't really understand the need of chapter-elected seats

— Andrea Zanni, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082354.html

Diversity challenges

I have trouble with suggestions that state "we can ensure diversity by creating regional seats".

— Denny Vrandecic, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082400.html

Additional bodies

House of representatives

We should have a "house of representatives" with X members from each part of the world...

— Thyge, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082285.html

Or not

[A House of representative would not] solve the diversity issue

— Yaroslav M. Blanter, https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082290.html