Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Il giorno ven, 19/02/2016 alle 10.18 -0500, Lane Rasberry ha scritto: >1. So far as I know no one has contacted chapters directly. I would > like >for every chapter to take responsibility for contacting a few > others and >confirming that they are engaged in the election. It would be >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Risker, SJ, Pete, and others - Help! This election is what people make of it. It might be the case that many people concerned about Wikimedia governance do not even realize what is at stake in this election. There has recently been a lot of discussion about the board of trustees. In this

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Lane writes: > Can you please contact any Wikimedia chapter and ask them to request > nominations? Ok. I take it they have already been emailed directly? And each chapter can handle this however they like? > Get any chapter to make any request for whatever kind of person they > would nominate,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Good points, thanks for clarifying. Agreed. -Pete On Feb 18, 2016 9:29 PM, "Risker" wrote: > Well, I was interpreting SJ's question to be directed to everyone who is > involved in this election, not just the three election coordinators. > > Having said that, during the last

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Well, I was interpreting SJ's question to be directed to everyone who is involved in this election, not just the three election coordinators. Having said that, during the last community (s)election, the Election Committee deliberately was far more descriptive in identifying what was being sought

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Risker, I think Lane understood SJ's question, and stated that it's outside his group's mandate. I sympathize with Lane's position. I agree with SJ's concern about what kind of candidates should be considered, but I do not think it would be appropriate for a group of three to set the tone of what

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Hmm, Lane, I think you may be missing SJ's point. He's asking what the group that is going to select candidates has put on its wishlist for candidates. What skills are they seeking? Are they looking for a certain geographic representation? The "traditional duties of a board member" that you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

SJ, Can you please contact any Wikimedia chapter and ask them to request nominations? There are two criteria for nominations - one is that their name has to be posted on the nomination page, and the other is that a Wikimedia chapter has to support their nomination. <

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Dear Chris and all, What sorts of candidates are you looking for? How are you directing your search / how can we best help get the word to people who might be good candidates? What do you see as the skills or other qualities the a Trustee needs, or that would be effective on the Board? The FAQ

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Dear Wikimedia friends, **Call for Nominations - Affiliate Selected Board Seats** This year the Wikimedia chapters and Thematic Organisations will select two members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board. We would like to invite nominations for candidates to be elected to the WMF board in this

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Candidates - Affiliate Selected members of the WMF Board

Forwarding to our local UK list, as requested by Chris. If anyone in the UK would like to put themselves up as a candidate, or knows of someone suitable, now's your chance. Best regards Michael Wikimedia_UK_logo_40px.png Michael Maggs Chair, Wikimedia UK -- Forwarded message