Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-13 Thread Gordon Joly
On 11/04/2011 16:04, Alison M. Wheeler wrote: - Gordon Jolygordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: All prospective and current Directors of the Company should be asked to reveal Wikipedia and related identities (e.g. Commons) . And perhaps all others (e.g. Twitter). It should be made part of the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-13 Thread Gordon Joly
On 13/04/2011 00:34, Andrew Turvey wrote: On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Andrew Westandrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: Totally agree. I think it is reasonable that candidates should be asked to reveal their wikimedia user names (I'm not sure it should be made compulsory though), but demanding

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-12 Thread Andrew Turvey
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Andrew West andrewcw...@gmail.com wrote: Totally agree.  I think it is reasonable that candidates should be asked to reveal their wikimedia user names (I'm not sure it should be made compulsory though), but demanding that they reveal all their multifarious

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-11 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 10 April 2011 23:03, Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com wrote: I think it would probably sit better in the election rules - these have been entrenched so have the same status as the articles. I'm not sure that's true. I believe the entrenchment stops the Board from modifying them, it

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-11 Thread Alison M. Wheeler
- Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: All prospective and current Directors of the Company should be asked to reveal Wikipedia and related identities (e.g. Commons) . And perhaps all others (e.g. Twitter). It should be made part of the fabric of the Company, which should be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-10 Thread Andrew Turvey
I think it would probably sit better in the election rules - these have been entrenched so have the same status as the articles. I'm happy to assist anyone who wants to have this change debated at the agm. Andrew Turvey This message was sent from my mobile On 9 Apr 2011 13:23, Thomas Dalton

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-09 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 8 April 2011 10:48, Gordon Joly gordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 08/04/2011 10:31, Andrew Turvey wrote: Would you like to ask that question in the candidate QAs? All prospective and current Directors of the Company should be asked to reveal Wikipedia and related identities (e.g. Commons)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-08 Thread Gordon Joly
Yes. Gordon On 08/04/2011 10:31, Andrew Turvey wrote: Would you like to ask that question in the candidate QAs? http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2011_election:_Candidate_questions#Questions On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Gordon Jolygordon.j...@pobox.com wrote: On 06/04/2011 12:36,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/04/2011 10:31, Andrew Turvey wrote: Would you like to ask that question in the candidate QAs? All prospective and current Directors of the Company should be asked to reveal Wikipedia and related identities (e.g. Commons) . And perhaps all others (e.g. Twitter). It should be made part

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Deryck Chan
May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing list, rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want to refer to their on-wiki experience. However, I don't think it's necessary to do so on a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 April 2011 13:39, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: May I suggest that candidates are allowed to answer Q3 on this mailing list, rather than on the WMUK wiki, should they so desire? I understand that candidates should disclose their usernames if they want to refer to their on-wiki

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-05 Thread Andrew West
On 4 April 2011 23:36, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote: This message contains the following information pertaining to the election of Directors of Wiki UK Limited (Wikimedia UK): (1) Statement of Persons Nominated Not all candidates provided their wikimedia/wikipedia user name. I

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-05 Thread Chris Keating
This message contains the following information pertaining to the election of Directors of Wiki UK Limited (Wikimedia UK): (1) Statement of Persons Nominated Not all candidates provided their wikimedia/wikipedia user name. I happen to know who Roger Bamkin is, and can guess who

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2011-04-05 Thread Michael Peel
On 5 Apr 2011, at 14:15, Michael Peel wrote: On 5 Apr 2011, at 11:18, Andrew West wrote: On 4 April 2011 23:36, James Farrar james.far...@gmail.com wrote: This message contains the following information pertaining to the election of Directors of Wiki UK Limited (Wikimedia UK): (1)

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2009-04-09 Thread James Farrar
: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper 2009/4/8 andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: I've been bold and set up a page on the wiki for this at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Candidate_questions Can I ask that people keep questions to all

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2009-04-08 Thread Michael Peel
James et al., Thanks for sorting all of this out. What's the best way for people to ask questions of the candidates? Should it be done privately, or should we have a page for this as we did for the last elections? This is something that was overlooked in the writing of the election

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2009-04-08 Thread James Farrar
The best way is to turn up to the AGM! :) Seriously, I am willing to act as an intermediary for questions, or for a page to be set up on the wiki. I'm about to go to sleep now, though, sp I'll get back to you mid-afternoon. As ever, flaws in regulations generally only occur in beta testing...

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2009-04-08 Thread andrewrturvey
need to ensure provisions for this in all future elections. Seddon -Original Message- From: Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net Sent: 08 April 2009 09:07 To: wikimediau...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2009-04-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/8 andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: I've been bold and set up a page on the wiki for this at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetings/2009_AGM/Candidate_questions Can I ask that people keep questions to all candidates to a minimum? While a couple may be good, they tend to get extremely boring

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper

2009-04-08 Thread Andrew Turvey
Message - From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, 8 April, 2009 15:08:21 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Election of Directors - Candidate statements and ballot paper 2009/4/8 andrewrtur