@ Oliver,once again sorry for the delay ,i will take responsibility for that ,this is the link
http://wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Elections/nominees_bios Rgds Branton. On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]>wrote: > ** ** ** ** > > Having just returned from one week without internet access, I’m glad to > see that things are moving ahead.**** > > Just a brief question: When referring to the “wiki” where bios and > questions are to be posted, do you mean the page at > http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Election?**** > > It’s the only one I was able to find (even though it was only set up this > afternoon as opposed to last night). So if there is another page which went > live yesterday, please post its link on this list. Thanks.**** > > (And quite possibly, I’m simply too German when it comes to sticking to > timetables J)**** > > Cheers!**** > > Oliver (aka BT)**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Chris Riwa [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 23 March 2012 15:46 > *To:* **The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.** > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia ****Kenya****] The Elections Programme**** > > ** ** > > Hallo wiki-medians, > Thank you Steve and Ann for noting the error on the time give. Correction > has been acknowledged and the requisite changes have been made below.**** > > 1. *Declaration of intention.* This serves as an official announcement > by a member to contest for the position of board member of WMKE. This can > be done on our official mailing list, as most of you have done, and the > last date for this activity will be on Wednesday, 21st March 2012 by > 2359hours. **** > 2. *Registration of contestants.* This will involve the determination > of whether an applicant is eligible to contest for the position of a board > member of WMKE as per the Chapter's Constitution or any other rules agreed > upon by the members. This is fully the responsibility of the electoral team > and the results are to be released on Saturday, 24th March 2012 between > noon and 2359hours.**** > 3. *Setup of the contestants bio-page.* A bio page on the wiki will be > setup for the purpose of giving all the contestants an opportunity to > wikify their plea to the members on why they are best suited for the job. > This will be coordinated by the electoral team and the bio-page on the wiki > will be setup on Friday, 23rd March 2012 by 2359hours.**** > 4. *Bio posting by the qualified contestants. *All the contestants > that qualify to contest will be expected to post their bio's on the > developed wiki (Number 3) by Sunday, 25th March 2012 at 2359hours. Note > that a qualified contestant has 24 hours to complete this task or be > disqualified.**** > 5. *Posting of Questions to the contestants. *In order for us to have > a Question and Answers (Q&A) session online, questions will be sent to the > to all qualified contestants by e-mail. The electoral team will then > receive the various responses from the qualified contestants (PRIVATELY), > after which the team will wikify them depending on the contestants turn to > respond to the views and opinions of the members. This posting will be done > on Sunday, 25th March 2012 by 2359hours.**** > 6. *Response to questions asked by the contestants. *The contestants > are expected to respond to the questions asked on Monday, 26th by > 1800hours. They will send this responses to the electoral team privately > and NOT on our usual mailing list. This is aimed at ensuring the Q&A > sessions are conducted in an orderly manner and equal time will be availed > to all contestants to interact with the members.**** > 7. *Q&A sessions.* This will involve the posting of the responses > provided by the contestants on the wiki by the electoral team, and an > eventual discussion by the members and contestants. Each member will have > specific time to interact with the members through the setup wiki. This > will be conducted from Tuesday, 27th March to Thursday 29th March 2012. > **** > 8. *Open Day.* This will be on Friday, 30th and contestants will be > allowed to post openly in our mailing list and involve members in > discussions. A Skype chat will be chaired by the electoral team later in > the day to try and get the contestants to interact with the members.*** > * > 9. *Election Day. *This will be on Saturday, 31st March 2012 at a time > and venue that will be communicated by the electoral team by Wednesday, > 28th March 2012 latest 1600hours.**** > > Note that the following were agreed upon by the team on Yesterdays meeting > as well.**** > > - This election will see the selection of five members of WMKE, by > secret ballot, to the board of the Kenyan Chapter of Wikimedia by the > voting members, and after which the selected five will decide on who will > occupy the 5 positions defined by The Constitution.**** > - The basis of determining those members eligible to contest or vote > in this election will be based on the rules determined and agreed upon by > the members in the meeting held at The Public Service Club on Saturday, > 11th February 2012.**** > - Voting by proxy will be available as per The Constitution. The > electoral team will inform all members on how this will be conducted once > we finish up on the logistics of its execution.**** > - The team calls for members to come out and participate in this > activity with utmost fairness and integrity.**** > - Any queries or opinions about the election are greatly encouraged > but the electoral team request that such be communicated privately to any/ > all of the team members privately first. However, you are required to cc > Asaf on such communications for the purpose of openness and fairness. We > will be glad to try and provide solutions to any questions and challenges > as we guide each other on undertaking this activity.**** > > I once again appeal to all members to come out and actively participate in > this elections.**** > > On behalf of the electoral team.**** > > Regards, > > -- > *Chris A. Riwa* > Research Specialist and Consultant > ****Mobile****: *+254(0)725-930-850 > *e-mail: **** > > - *[email protected]***** > - *[email protected]***** > - *[email protected]***** > > Skype: *chriwaustin* > Facebook: *facebook.com/chriwaustin***** > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >
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