On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Steven Walling<steven.wall...@gmail.com> wrote: > While I personally am very pleased with the results, I wonder how the > election results will be perceived outside Wikimedia. > With numerous media outlets reacting to PARC's research about the state of > the community, I fear this endorsement of seemingly "old guard" Wikimedians > as our Board representation will support claims about the community becoming > unfriendly to new participants. > Thoughts? Am I being too nervous, or do others see that potential too? > > If I'm not alone, perhaps any official announcement about the elections > (i.e. on the Wikimedia blog and in press releases) should address this, even > if only tacitly. > > Steven Walling > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chad <innocentkil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Philippe >> Beaudette<pbeaude...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> > The Wikimedia Foundation's Board Election Committee has concluded the >> > board selection process, and is pleased to announce that the >> > candidates ranked as follows: >> > >> > Final ranking >> > >> > 1 Ting Chen (Wing) >> > 2 Kat Walsh (mindspillage) >> > 3 Samuel Klein (Sj) >> > 4 Gerard Meijssen (GerardM) >> > 5 Domas Mituzas (Midom) >> > 6 Thomas Braun (Redlinux) >> > 7 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (Cimon Avaro) >> > 8 Steve Smith (Sarcasticidealist) >> > 9 Dan Rosenthal (Swatjester) >> > 10 José Gustavo Góngora (Góngora) >> > 11 Brady Brim-DeForest (Bradybd) >> > 12 Lourie Pieterse (LouriePieterse) >> > 13 Adam Koenigsberg (CastAStone) >> > 14 Ralph Potdevin (Aruspice) >> > 15 Beauford Anton Stenberg (B9 hummingbird hovering) >> > 16 Gregory Kohs (Thekohser) >> > 17 Kevin Riley O'Keeffe (KevinOKeeffe) >> > 18 Relly Komaruzaman (Relly Komaruzaman) >> > >> > A full pairwise defeats table will be posted shortly. >> > >> > These names have been respectfully submitted to the Board, which has >> > moved to seat the top three candidates. >> > >> > The Committee wishes to thank all those who submitted themselves as >> > candidates. It was a broad and diverse field this year. We also wish >> > to recognize the many volunteers that helped with this process. The >> > committee extends its gratitude and thanks to them >> > >> > >> > For the committee, >> > Philippe >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > foundation-l mailing list >> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > >> >> Congrats to the winners! >> >> -Chad >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >
Similar to how we have Senators in office for 20+ years...because they continue to run and people continue to elect them. We certainly had a wide cross-section of Wikimedians this year. But nobody voted for them. -Chad _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
