+1 Ravi On 9 June 2015 at 19:03, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Totally agree with Ravi. > We should groom more stewards and GAC/FDC members. That will help prepare > a potential candidate (for board elections) for greater roles within the > movement. It also will help build credibility. > All the best for those who plan to stand in 2017. You're acid test starts > now itself. > On 09-Jun-2015 2:55 pm, "Ravishankar" <ravidre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> //Having least number of eligible voter among the community was a major >> challenge to the Indic candidates. Mean time in future indic community >> support is mostly important.// >> >> We are missing the larger perspective here. >> >> All three winning candidates and others who lost closely did not get >> those votes because they came from some specific global region or promised >> to do something if elected. >> >> They got those votes for what they have *already accomplished* in the >> Wikimedia movement. >> >> Even if there are more eligible voters from India, one cannot assume they >> will all vote for candidates from India because ultimately Wikimedia >> ecosystem values meritocracy. All candidates from India have got more votes >> than the number of eligible voters from India. So, it shows that the world >> is willing to vote for us if we project the right candidates. >> >> For any candidate, if this is the first time the world is hearing about >> her or him with no proven track record in the movement, the chances of >> getting selected is zero. >> >> Diversity based on gender, region is good but that cannot occur over >> night. >> >> Only 2 out of 36 stewards are from India. Why don't we groom more >> stewards? >> >> Why don't we get engaged in various organizational activities like GAC, >> IEG, Wikimania scholarship committee, AffCom, FDC? Even having experience >> in the local chapter is valued. >> >> Why don't we try to get consistent visibility by attending and adding >> value to various movement related events like Wikimania, Wikimedia >> Conference, GLAM conference and Wikimedia Hackathon? >> >> Why don't we expand our contributions beyond our own language communities >> and get involved in more national and international activities? One could >> even simply start by organizing Wiki Loves Earth like contests in India. >> >> We already do have many such contributors and should encourage to contest >> next time. >> >> We need to bring more eminent contributors from FOSS movements to >> Wikimedia and Wikimedians should expand their contributions in other like >> minded initiatives. >> >> If someone hopes to get selected for 2017 elections, they better start >> working now at least. >> >> All the best :) >> >> Ravi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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