IMO we would do well with more democratic processes when it comes to the board. Not having or not following democratic processes has led to a great deal of distraction among the community these last 6 months as we have struggled to deal with what has occurred. A by-election would hopefully get the board on more solid footing as it would give the board greater legitimacy. A majority of the board should be accountable to the community.
James On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Anders Wennersten < m...@anderswennersten.se> wrote: > My spontaneous reaction, like others in the Election Committee, when > informed of Dennys resignation was to think a byelection, soon in time, > would be the "natural" way to fill the empty seat. This is how it has been > done earlier (even if now some years back) and while the appointment of > Maria after James had support of existing (informal?) thinking ("if the > Board reject any of the elected three, as they are entitled to do, they > should appoint at No 4") , no such thinking has existed to support appoint > no 5 in case of a resignation. > > But the more I think the more hesitant I become, and also taking into > account the (excellent) feedback in the thread "what can we learn" that at > least to me give a feeling the election process for community election can > be adjusted (without need making it more complicated) so that a situation > like this in the future would be resolved without any need of byelection. > > A Bylection > *Draws a lot a resources from WMF > *Draws a lot of resources from the Election Committee. While almost all in > out internal discussion is willing to support a byelection (even among the > ones not interested to stay on in a standing EC) , we are fewer then for > last election. Greg has resigned as some others. > *Draws a lot on energy from the community. Think of all banners that was > put up and even at some time dedicated e-mails being sent out, just the > translation was a huge effort as such > > I also want to highlight that that I can see risks in running a byelection > *what if we are not able to live up to the demands of process quality and > the elections legitimacy will become disputed? > *what if we wear out the community motivation to participate in community > election, could it make next ordinary election in less the a year less > successful? > *what if the process as such reopens earlier traumas in the movement (like > James re the Board issue)? > > So while not "ruling out" a byelection, I believe we should not go for > that option without thoroughly considering other option for filling the > seat. There can be other alternative then look for no 5 in last election > and we should remember it is only to fill a seat for less then a year, is a > bylection an overkill for what it can resolve? > > Anders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>