Any response or input from the Election Committee?
*Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So do I. :) (Indeed, I have had occasion to remind, uh, a colleague, > that > > editing Wikipedia or its sister projects is a bit of an unusual hobby, > and > > that it's Perfectly Fine to not choose to volunteer to do that on your > > personal time.) > > > > if, as Asaf points out, it is an issue of roughly 10 people then it is > probably not really worth a lengthy discussion - it is easier to get voting > rights anyway. All in all, I think it is good that we try to be inclusive, > and WMF people (just as many others professionals employed within our > movement) definitely have an important perspective to add. Yet, it really > is not that difficult to edit a little bit. Voting rights are also a > certain privilege. Even if the only reason staff of WMF and/or chapters are > not automatically eligible to vote is the fact, that there are hypothetical > concerns about some possible political influence, it still may be enough > just because the threshold to get voting rights is really low. So, I think > that as long as the rules are known well ahead in time, it is totally fine > to have universal requirements irrespective of where one is employed. > > (btw, I think it is also idealistic to assume that a determined political > group would not make a coordinated effort to gain voting rights to have > influence - just look what happened to Hugo awards and the Sad Puppies > fraction ;) > > best, > > dariusz "pundit" > _______________________________________________ > 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] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
