Hi Yaroslav, Yes, it's a good question; Philippe and I have talked about it.
In this instance I think it's okay for Philippe to remain on the committee, for a couple of reasons. 1) As you say, the election is four weeks away: practically speaking, it would be tough to find a replacement for Philippe in that time-frame. And 2) There are lots of safeguards in place to ensure fairness in the election outcome -- for example, the committee doesn't actually administer the vote: that is handled by an independent third party, Software in the Public Interest. Philippe offered to me to resign from the election committee if I or the Board thought it was best. I personally think the benefit of him fulfilling the commitment outweighs the downside. But I know Philippe's sensitive to the issue: if people want to talk about ways to mitigate or eliminate the conflict, I'm sure he'd be happy to have that conversation :-) Thanks, Sue 2009/7/14 Yaroslav M. Blanter <[email protected]>: > I can only welcome Philippe's appointment, my congratulations. > > Since he is starting in July, and the elections are scheduled for August, > I am worried that his involvement as an election committee member could be > a conflict of interests? > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Sue Gardner Executive Director Wikimedia Foundation 415 839 6885 office 415 816 9967 cell Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
