Talk:Board/Role profiles

The Chair is starting to look like a President

This definition is getting too sweeping. I take particular issue with:

1. "is the principal point of contact between the Board of Trustees and senior contacts at the Wikimedia Foundation and in other Wikimedia chapters" — Why? In practice the other chapters liaise with WMUK at many levels including the GLAM programme, CEO and staff and leading volunteers. Being the "principal point of contact" is neither enforceable or desirable, especially considering recent disasters of communication and poor representation.
2. the word "ensure" is used heavily for things that the Chair has no realistic control over. The word "assure" might be more appropriate, for example when it comes to supporting other trustees turning up to Board meetings.

As it stands I would vote against extending the Chair role in this arbitrary way. --Fæ (talk) 19:10, 28 October 2012 (UTC)