I have been working on a translation of FDC Ombud election in to Japanese. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/FDC_Ombudsperson_elections/2013
In the section of "How to submit your candidacy", it reads: > If you are eligible, you can submit your candidacy by doing the following: > > Write a brief summary of no more than 1200 characters stating what you would > do > if you were elected to the Funds Dissemination Committee, Shouldn't it be "if you were elected to the FDC Ombuds(person)", not FDC itself? --Takashi OTA On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Nicole Ebber <nicole.eb...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hey, > > thanks for the announcement and all the work the election committee > has done so far. > > I have written a kind of lengthy blog post about the elections and > about how and why the communities can or should get involved. It's in > German, but if anyone's interested in translating it, you are more > than welcome to re-use and remix and build upon it (of course... ;)). > > https://blog.wikimedia.de/2013/04/29/community-wahlt-hochstes-gremium-des-wikimedia-universums-board-of-trustees-der-wikimedia-foundation/ > > Cheerio, > Nicole > > > On 2 May 2013 06:29, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I am pleased to announce that self-nominations are now being accepted for >> the 2013 Wikimedia Foundation Elections. This year, elections are being >> held for the following roles: >> >> >> - >> >> Board of Trustees >> >> The Board of Trustees is the decision-making body that is ultimately >> responsible for the long term sustainability of the Foundation, so we value >> wide input into its selection. There are three positions being filled. >> More information about this role can be found at < >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/Board_elections/2013>. >> >> >> >> - >> >> Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) >> >> The Funds Dissemination Committee >> (FDC)<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Framework_for_the_Creation_and_Initial_Operation_of_the_FDC>makes >> recommendations about how to allocate Wikimedia >> movement <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia> funds to eligible >> entities. There are two positions being filled. More information about >> this role can be found at < >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/FDC_elections/2013>. >> >> >> >> - >> >> Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) Ombud >> >> The FDC Ombud receives complaints and feedback about the FDC process, >> investigates complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees, and >> summarizes the investigations and feedback for the Board of Trustees on an >> annual basis. One position is being filled. More information about this >> role can be found at < >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013/FDC_Ombudsperson_elections/2013>. >> >> >> The candidacy submission phase lasts from 00:00 UTC April 24 to 23:59 UTC >> May 17. More >> information on this election can be found at < >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013>. >> >> >> Please feel free to post a note about the election on your project's village >> pump, or to translate it and distribute it on other Wikimedia movement >> mailing lists. Any questions related to the election can be posted on the >> talk page >> on Meta, or sent to the election committee's mailing list, >> <board-elections AT wikimedia.org> >> >> On behalf of the Election Committee, >> >> Risker >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > -- > Nicole Ebber > International Affairs > > Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin > Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 > > http://wikimedia.de > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg > unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das > Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
