Thanks Robert - You're correct that extending it doesn't do much good if we don't get the word out. Thanks for doing this.
Philippe On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Robert Rohde wrote: > Given that CentralNotice still isn't working, I've taken the hopefully > temporary and short-lived approach of simulating the candidate notice > using enwiki's local site notice. > > Extending the nomination period does little if people don't actually > know about it. Philippe has been posting a notice about the extension > at various community noticeboards, but that will of course be rather > hit and miss. > > At the same time, creating a local site notice on one (or just a few) > wikis could also be seen as quite hit and miss. For that reason, I > wanted to mention this action here in case people wanted to take > similar steps on other wikis. > > Hopefully though some form of CentralNotice will be restored shortly. > > -Robert Rohde > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Philippe > Beaudette<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ladies and Gentlemen, >> >> As you may be aware, there is concern that the sitenotices regarding >> submission of candidacy for the Board of Trustees election were not >> seen anywhere but Meta after the 11th of this month. Because of the >> potentially massive consequence of this, and to encourage a full and >> active election, the election committee has determined that: >> >> - Candidacies will be accepted through July 27th at 23:59 >> (UTC) >> - The period for questioning candidates begins immediately. >> Candidates that are "late to the party" will, no doubt, be >> scrutinized >> by the community. The Committee hopes that the community will work >> to >> actively ensure that all candidates receive equivalent questioning. >> - The dates of election will not change. The election will >> begin on >> 28 July and end on 10 August. >> >> Please know that we recognize the radical nature of altering the >> schedule in the midst of the election and would not do it if we did >> not absolutely believe that there was a possibility that others may >> be >> interested and qualified and may not have known about the key dates. >> >> For the committee, >> Philippe >> >> (in my capacity as a volunteer, and not as an employee of the >> Wikimedia Foundation) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ >> foundation-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ____________________ Philippe Beaudette Facilitator, Strategic Plan Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
