"On 22 August 2017 at 23:07, Katie Chan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 22/08/2017 20:10, Andy Mabbett wrote: >> >> >>> María and Dariusz, were re-elected after the recent community election. >> >> >> This is not correct. There was no "community election"; the community >> is only empowered to /nominate/ candidates, which the board may or may >> not appoint, at its whim. >> >> Please be more careful to use accurate terms on such points, in the >> future. >> > > Multiple people put themselves forward for the community considerations. The > community then voted on it, resulting in a ranking by who got most votes > based on the voting system used. By definition, that's an election. By definition, no, it is not. "An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office." In this case the choice of who holds office is made by the board, not the community who "vote". At best it's a nomination process. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
