Are you familiar with Board elections? Those where seats are elected by the community?? Am 07.10.2015 16:41 schrieb "Richard Symonds" < richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk>:
> True, but not everyone reads the VP on each project: take Wikidata for > example. There are a fair few people who don't read it at all! A mass > message would be better, an email or banner to people better still - but it > depends on who exactly you want the opinion of! "Community" is a big term > :-) > > 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.* > > On 7 October 2015 at 15:35, Steinsplitter Wiki < > steinsplitter-w...@live.com> > wrote: > > > You can post on VP that there is such a poll on :m: > > > > Common sense. > > > > > From: richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk > > > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 14:39:11 +0100 > > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by > Signpost > > > > > > Steinsplitter, with respect (and I mean that!), I don't think a poll on > > > meta would be enough. For something this big, either we get the views > of > > > the community as a whole - including those who don't read meta - or we > > come > > > up with another way (eg a committee). A small poll on meta would not be > > > representative enough. > > > > > > 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.* > > > > > > On 7 October 2015 at 12:04, Steinsplitter Wiki < > > steinsplitter-w...@live.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > A small poll on meta would be enough. > > > > > > > > > From: josephfoxw...@gmail.com > > > > > Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 19:14:59 +0000 > > > > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by > > Signpost > > > > > > > > > > If you want the views of everyone on every project... then yes, I > do. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 20:14 MF-Warburg <mfwarb...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Do you really believe the community consists of several 100.000 > > people? > > > > > > Am 06.10.2015 21:01 schrieb "Joseph Fox" < > josephfoxw...@gmail.com > > >: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 6 Oct 2015 at 17:27 Steinsplitter Wiki < > > > > > > > steinsplitter-w...@live.com> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To be honest: I am not surprised at all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wikimedia Foundation is becoming moor and moor centralized. > > They no > > > > > > > longer > > > > > > > > care about the community, even if there is huge community > > consensus > > > > > > about > > > > > > > > something. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why is there a secret committee needed? It is easier to ask > the > > > > > > > community. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > While I agree it's important to sort things with the community > > (since > > > > > > that > > > > > > > is the lifeblood of the projects), are you seriously suggesting > > that > > > > it's > > > > > > > easier to gauge the consensus of hundreds of thousands of > people > > > > rather > > > > > > > than make a decision in a smaller committee, secret or > otherwise? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am disappointed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 18:13:13 -0400 > > > > > > > > > From: nawr...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > > > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2017 Montreal - scooped by > > > > Signpost > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Evidently the Signpost has scooped the WMF by revealing > that > > > > Montreal > > > > > > > has > > > > > > > > > been selected for the 2017 Wikimania host city in a secret > > > > process > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > > completed this past August. [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It seems like the community could have been looped into > this > > new > > > > > > method > > > > > > > > > before it was a done deal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~Nathan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-30/News_and_notes > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > < > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > Unsubscribe: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
