Great news! Congratulations to the incoming Standing Election Committee and many thanks to the outgoing (non-standing; sitting?) one.
(I will save the lengthy explanation of my favoured voting system for another occasion ;) ) Chris On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:00 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote: > Dear members of the Wikimedia community, > > As you know the board passed a resolution allowing for the creation of a > standing Elections Committee in November of last year [1]. Per the > implementing resolution, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has appointed > the initial members from the recommendation of the Executive Director and > her staff. We will be starting with 6 committee members: > > > - > > User:Ajraddatz > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ajraddatz> > - > > User:Mardetanha > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Mardetanha> > - > > User:Ruslik0 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Ruslik0> > - > > User:Philippe > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Philippe>slate > - > > User:KTC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/KTC> > - > > User:Atropine > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Atropine> > > > They will be joined by two official advisors from the Wikimedia Foundation: > > > - > > James Alexander (Manager, Trust & Safety) from Community Engagement > - > > Stephen LaPorte (Senior Legal Counsel) from the WMF Legal team > > > They will also be working closely with the BGC as a whole and especially > Nataliia and me. Because I may consider applying as a candidate in the > upcoming community-selection process I will be recusing for any discussions > involving that election[2]. > > The new committee, along with the BGC, will, of course, be able to choose > how many members and advisors they truly need and how to recruit the best > candidates. One of the first orders of business for the committee will be > to decide on a process for expanding its membership through some form of > open call. While there is an enormous amount of work for the committee to > do, it can be expected that they will begin looking at: > > > - > > The selection of a committee Chair > - > > The dates and process for the upcoming community selection process (and > consider shortening the terms and having community elections in early > 2017, > so that the elected members would join the Board at April meeting[3]). > - > > The method of voting for that process both for the upcoming selection > and the future and > - > > The composition of the board and how to ensure a steady supply of good > candidates (in particular, making sure that the candidates have the > skills and expertise matching the Board skill matrix while making sure > that > the process is still owned by the community[4]). > > > Just as the BGC is committed to greater transparency (see for example our > recent minutes[5]), the committee will likely consult with the wider > Wikimedia community in developing and revising election procedures within > the scope of this charter to the greatest extent possible. > > This day has been a long time coming and is the result of requests made by > multiple different temporary election committees over the years. I'm glad > to finally see it come to fruition and hope that it will allow our > selection process to continue to expand and improve well beyond the > record-breaking election we had in 2015. > > Before I sign off I also wanted to call out the amazing work of the 2015 > temporary Election Committee[6]. They were put together in 2015 to do one > thing: run an election. They did that well (with almost 3x the > participation of the next largest year) but then they went well beyond the > call of duty in serving as an advisory body to the board, offering > invaluable feedback on how to fill the empty community selected seats we > saw this year. They did not have to do this, but they did it anyway, and I > hope that everyone can acknowledge the stress and courage that took. > > Please join me in thanking the 2015 committee and welcoming the new > standing committee! > > Dariusz Jemielniak ("pundit", current Board member) > > > - [1] > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Elections_Committee > - [2] See also my disclosure to the BGC on that matter: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/2017_Election_Disclosure > - [3] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-June/084592.html > > > - [4] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/2016_competence_matrix > - [5] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Minutes_07-08-2016 > - [6] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Committee#Membership > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
