On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: > >> I believe that we did this in... 2007, I think? (with open >> endorsements). Anyway, it seemed to lead to cabal-ism and so was >> dropped. > >> -- Phoebe >> > > Don't take this personally, but who is "we" and who are the "cabals"? Who > is in them and what is their agenda? > > Fred
We = the foundation, by way of the election committee: see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2007/en I said "cabal-ism", not specific cabals :) Meaning that endorsements didn't seem that effective because everyone just endorsed the people they knew. But I wasn't on the election committee, and I'm writing this from memory without looking at the lists archives etc, so hopefully someone else has a more clear recollection of why it was tried and dropped can say for sure. best, Phoebe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
