Would a 10-day period (including two weekends) be possible? Newyorkbrad
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:16 PM, philippe <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah, OK, sorry for my misunderstanding of the question. > > Indeed, we had that same discussion amongst the committee. In the > end, the vote timing is driven by Wikimania and the need to purchase > tickets for the new trustees-designate to get there (at a reasonable > price, which usually requires a 14 day advance purchase), while also > taking the time to get the translations done as completely as possible. > > In addition, it was our feeling that last year that the first week had > - by far - the vast majority of the votes cast with relatively little > movement afterwards. > > > > > ___________________ > philippe > > On May 27, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Angela wrote: > > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:54 AM, philippe <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes > >> longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and > >> the candidate statements to allow as many people to participate in as > >> many languages as possible. Two weeks would almost guarantee a > >> primarily english-centric election. In the past we've had no problem > >> getting the votes counted/confirmed in two days; we did it last year. > > > > I believe the suggestion is to have the vote lasting for 2 weeks, not > > starting in 2 weeks from now. > > > > Voting last for 3 weeks in past elections. > > > > Angela > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
