I find it somewhat ridiculous that someone would not know about the key dates. I've had them on my calendar for at least a month, if not more.
-Dan On Jul 20, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > It appears that perhaps centralnotice might be working again.... once > you've confirmed that on local wikis, would those of you who put up > local notices kindly defer to the central notice? > > Many thanks! > > pb > On Jul 20, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > >> Thanks Robert - >> >> You're correct that extending it doesn't do much good if we don't get >> the word out. Thanks for doing this. >> >> Philippe >> >> >> On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Robert Rohde wrote: >> >>> Given that CentralNotice still isn't working, I've taken the >>> hopefully >>> temporary and short-lived approach of simulating the candidate >>> notice >>> using enwiki's local site notice. >>> >>> Extending the nomination period does little if people don't actually >>> know about it. Philippe has been posting a notice about the >>> extension >>> at various community noticeboards, but that will of course be rather >>> hit and miss. >>> >>> At the same time, creating a local site notice on one (or just a >>> few) >>> wikis could also be seen as quite hit and miss. For that reason, I >>> wanted to mention this action here in case people wanted to take >>> similar steps on other wikis. >>> >>> Hopefully though some form of CentralNotice will be restored >>> shortly. >>> >>> -Robert Rohde >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Philippe >>> Beaudette<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ladies and Gentlemen, >>>> >>>> As you may be aware, there is concern that the sitenotices >>>> regarding >>>> submission of candidacy for the Board of Trustees election were not >>>> seen anywhere but Meta after the 11th of this month. Because of >>>> the >>>> potentially massive consequence of this, and to encourage a full >>>> and >>>> active election, the election committee has determined that: >>>> >>>> - Candidacies will be accepted through July 27th at 23:59 >>>> (UTC) >>>> - The period for questioning candidates begins immediately. >>>> Candidates that are "late to the party" will, no doubt, be >>>> scrutinized >>>> by the community. The Committee hopes that the community will work >>>> to >>>> actively ensure that all candidates receive equivalent questioning. >>>> - The dates of election will not change. The election will >>>> begin on >>>> 28 July and end on 10 August. >>>> >>>> Please know that we recognize the radical nature of altering the >>>> schedule in the midst of the election and would not do it if we did >>>> not absolutely believe that there was a possibility that others may >>>> be >>>> interested and qualified and may not have known about the key >>>> dates. >>>> >>>> For the committee, >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> (in my capacity as a volunteer, and not as an employee of the >>>> Wikimedia Foundation) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> ____________________ >> Philippe Beaudette >> Facilitator, Strategic Plan >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> 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 > > > ____________________ > Philippe Beaudette > Facilitator, Strategic Plan > Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > > 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 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
