Joe,
I think this call might fairly be described as too little too late.
Firstly, you describe the votes being held on a regular cycle. So there's
no reason for delaying this call until 10 January with a closing date of 19
January (one working week). Secondly, the first meeting is to be held in
Risker makes some good points.
An issue for which no one seems to have a solution is the gap between need
and availability for reliable and skilled non-WMF people in numerous areas
of the Wikiverse. These people can continue to shuffle between various
roles and projects, but I think that having
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election is logically run by the
Wikimedia Foundation, just as elections for other movement entities are
logically run by those specific entities.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for monitoring the election and for
the tasking of and appointment of
Hello,
As far as I know, there has been no functioning Elections Committee in
awhile. I think that there should be one, and I am glad to see the interest
in reviving it. So, thanks for the message, Joe.
In the long term, similar to my opinion about separating the Ombudsman
Commission from WMF, I
Hi Joe,
I have some questions! I don't know whether they are best addressed to you,
or someone else, but
- I can't find any evidence of the Elections Committee having met since the
conclusion of the 2017 elections - am I missing something? (The 'Minutes'
page seems to only refer to 2015
