That was three notes - not two - sorry. ;P On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Gregory Varnum <[email protected]> wrote:
> Two quick notes: > > 1. People with a block on more than one wiki are not eligible to vote. > > 2. Wikimedia User Groups generally are not incorporated - that is just one > of the ways they vary from other affiliate models. They are recognized by > the AffCom, but are not required to legally incorporate as Chapters and > ThOrgs are. If folks are interested though, there is an active RFC on the > topic of the requirements for that recognition: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/RFCs/Wikimedia_user_groups_approval_process_and_agreements_-_Spring_2015 > > 3. At this exact moment in time, Wikimedia User Groups do not have a vote > in the affiliate elections. > > -greg > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Aleksey Bilogur < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Frankly, I think such views are naive idealism. There is a political >> reality that would come about as a result of such a change, one at the >> highest level, that need to be understood and addressed. I do not even >> believe that this is a discussion that should occur at the community >> level. >> This is a discussion that should occur at the board level. >> >> A former Wikimedian in Residence was recently blocked for constant >> copyright violations on the English Wikipedia. I do not want such people >> voting on a body which will determine their level of monetary and >> non-monetary support---especially now that the requirements for >> incorporation as a user-group are dipping still lower. >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Marc A. Pelletier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > On 15-04-22 11:54 AM, Sydney Poore wrote: >> > > I fully support allowing our talented and dedicated WMF staff to have >> the >> > > opportunity to choose the people who guide the direction of the WMF. >> > >> > I'd like to add to this that the (pretty small) set of staffers that >> > would not otherwise have had eligibility to vote are generally in >> > administrative, finance and legal positions - all of which bring other >> > perspectives to evaluation of the candidates that may be valuable. >> > >> > But, more importantly, they share our values and commitment to the >> > ideals behind the movement. They wouldn't be working at the Foundation >> > if they didn't because our internal culture is - literally - all about >> > the mission. >> > >> > Disclaimer: I'm staff myself, but eligible to vote as a volunteer. >> > >> > -- Marc >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> > [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> [email protected] >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/[email protected]> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> >> > > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
