Congratulations Maria! On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Anthony Cole <[email protected]> wrote:
> Welcome back Maria. Recent events have shed a much-needed bright light on > the board, and it would have been good to hold a community election in that > light. We do have a limited volunteer capacity to manage elections, though, > and I can understand the desire not to impose too much on volunteer > goodwill. A shame, though. We all might have learned something from the > process. > > On Saturday, 30 January 2016, Todd Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, why not make the best of both worlds? > > > > If you need another Trustee immediately, well...I don't really think > that, > > you have a quorum without it. And an appointed trustee who lost a > community > > election is not a community elected trustee. It is insulting to say that > > they are. James Heilman was the community trustee, and we still have been > > given absolutely no specifics about his removal, just vague handwaves at > > "lack of trust". Why, specifically, did he lose your trust? What, > > specifically, did he supposedly do wrong? > > > > But if the seat absolutely must be filled, make this an interim > appointment > > until a new election is complete, and hold such an election as soon as > > possible. A new election is necessary, and not having one is > unacceptable. > > A lot has changed since the last one, and the individual you appointed > did > > not pass the previous election. > > > > Or in other words: This is still not acceptable. > > > > Todd > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Adam Wight <[email protected] > > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM Tomasz W. Kozlowski < > > > [email protected] <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Considering the results of the 2015 May Board elections, I think it > > fair > > > > to say that María’s appointment to the Board lacks any community > > > legitimacy > > > > whatsoever. > > > > > > > > > I have to disagree with this statement. Please see my analysis of the > > > election, where I show that Sefidari would have been the top-ranked > > > candidate if we had counted votes equally.[1] The "oppose" votes you > > refer > > > to are not serving the purpose you imagine they are, of weeding out > > > controversial candidates. > > > > > > Yet another hugely surprising decision from the Board, I’m sorry to > say. > > > > > > > > > > That's another story... It would be nice to read the minutes of this > > Board > > > discussion, to see what alternatives were raised and how they were > > > evaluated. It would be even nicer if the broader community had been > > > directly involved in deciding how to backfill their hatcheted > > > representative's seat. > > > > > > -Adam > > > [[mw:User:Adamw]] > > > > > > [1] > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Adamw/Draft/Board_Election_analysis > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;> > > ?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > Anthony Cole > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) **:: **নুরুন্নবী চৌধুরী (হাছিব)* User: Hasive <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hasive> | Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia <http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:Hasive> <http://www.wikimedia.org.bd> fb.com/Hasive <http://fb.com/NCHasive> | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: nhasive | www.nhasive.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
