My first response is that's probably a reflection of the voting system. When you have a non-partisan system like this, there are no clear political pro/con reasons to vote for/against particular candidates and the anti-incumbency factor doesn't really work. Candidates are likely to be successful if they're well known, and that will give an advantage to more established editors.
However, you might be over-stating this conclusion. All three retiring candidates stood again and only two were re-elected - Domas Mituzas lost out to sj. ----- "Steven Walling" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Steven Walling" <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 20:07:00 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, > Portugal > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results > > While I personally am very pleased with the results, I wonder how the > election results will be perceived outside Wikimedia. > With numerous media outlets reacting to PARC's research about the state of > the community, I fear this endorsement of seemingly "old guard" Wikimedians > as our Board representation will support claims about the community becoming > unfriendly to new participants. > Thoughts? Am I being too nervous, or do others see that potential too? > > If I'm not alone, perhaps any official announcement about the elections > (i.e. on the Wikimedia blog and in press releases) should address this, even > if only tacitly. > > Steven Walling > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Philippe > > Beaudette<[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Wikimedia Foundation's Board Election Committee has concluded the > > > board selection process, and is pleased to announce that the > > > candidates ranked as follows: > > > > > > Final ranking > > > > > > 1 Ting Chen (Wing) > > > 2 Kat Walsh (mindspillage) > > > 3 Samuel Klein (Sj) > > > 4 Gerard Meijssen (GerardM) > > > 5 Domas Mituzas (Midom) > > > 6 Thomas Braun (Redlinux) > > > 7 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (Cimon Avaro) > > > 8 Steve Smith (Sarcasticidealist) > > > 9 Dan Rosenthal (Swatjester) > > > 10 José Gustavo Góngora (Góngora) > > > 11 Brady Brim-DeForest (Bradybd) > > > 12 Lourie Pieterse (LouriePieterse) > > > 13 Adam Koenigsberg (CastAStone) > > > 14 Ralph Potdevin (Aruspice) > > > 15 Beauford Anton Stenberg (B9 hummingbird hovering) > > > 16 Gregory Kohs (Thekohser) > > > 17 Kevin Riley O'Keeffe (KevinOKeeffe) > > > 18 Relly Komaruzaman (Relly Komaruzaman) > > > > > > A full pairwise defeats table will be posted shortly. > > > > > > These names have been respectfully submitted to the Board, which has > > > moved to seat the top three candidates. > > > > > > The Committee wishes to thank all those who submitted themselves as > > > candidates. It was a broad and diverse field this year. We also wish > > > to recognize the many volunteers that helped with this process. The > > > committee extends its gratitude and thanks to them > > > > > > > > > For the committee, > > > Philippe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > > Congrats to the winners! > > > > -Chad > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
