As someone who has previously chosen a jury. The most important factors were experience of wikimania, experience of other events and geographic distribution. Affiliation and role were basically hair splitting factors where volunteers were closely matched in terms of the main three factors.
Seddon On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Stuart Prior <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just to clarify, as the impression we're getting from the conversation so > far is that it's a "staff jury". This is not really the case if you look at > the members. > > Esteban: Board member of Wikimedia Argentina >6 years volunteering > Daniel: Volunteer >8 years volunteering > Finne: Volunteer /Experience organising a Wikimania/>8 years volunteering > Claudia: Senior chapter staff > Richard: Chapter staff/just helped deliver a Wikimania/>10 years > volunteering > Me: Chapter contractor/Just organised a Wikimania > Ellie: WMF contractor/Just organised a Wikimania > > Now, I don't want to speak for the above, but with >34 years of > volunteering between the jury + some strong practical experience of > delivering such an event, + gender balance + location, that seems like a > reasonable jury selection to me. > > For my part, as with Richard, I don't see my role fundraising for WMUK as > a COI as it's just a job. I volunteer my time to train new editors and > support Wikimedia events already and I don't represent Wikimedia UK on this > jury. > > Gordon, as you quite rightly pointed out, I'll use my personal email > address going forward. [email protected] > > Thanks > > S > > > On 7 October 2014 11:56, Gordon Joly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 07/10/14 09:22, Richard Symonds wrote: >> > I do understand where you're coming from - but we don't judge other >> > people's ability to volunteer based on who pays their salaries. Nor do >> > we assume that I am a 'paid Wikipedia editor'... because I'm not! I'm a >> > volunteer... >> > >> > Richard Symonds >> > Wikimedia UK >> > 0207 065 0992 >> > >> > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and >> > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered >> > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A >> > 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global >> > Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia >> > Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). >> > >> > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control >> > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* >> > >> >> >> >> Can I suggest a non WMUK email address (and signature) for your posts as >> a volunteer? >> >> Gordo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > -- > *Stuart Prior* > *Wikimania Liaison* > *Wikimedia UK* > +44 20 7065 0990 > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia > movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who > operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). > > *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control > over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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