Like I said Stuart, we didn't changed the process. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 1 February 2012 13:23, Stuart West <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 1, 2012, at 4:12 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > Last time, the chapters decided to keep the process very confidential > > in order to allow free and frank discussion of the candidates. It was > > felt that it would be good to have confidential discussions, in > > contrast to the public ones that are associated with the community > > elected seats, because that might attract different candidates than > > would stand for the community elected seats (ie. candidates that don't > > want lots of discussion about every good and bad quality they have > > happening in public - the selection process can involve a much greater > > intrusion on privacy than actually serving on the board does). > > FWIW, as I think back to Board conversations in 2008 (it was my first > meeting), Thomas's comments are quite close to Board's rationale in > creating the chapter seats in 2008. > > The hope was to attract/identify Board candidates who could add a lot of > value to the movement but who, for one reason or another, would NOT > typically be candidates in election. That might be because they aren't > well-known in the editing community that decides elections. Or as Thomas > mentions that they wouldn't be interested in going through the sometimes > grueling election process. > _______________________________________________ > 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
