I served on the 2007 Eleccom so I could tell my account on attempting the open endorsement, which aimed to give candidates more visibility and shifted away those who had least possibility to elect (so that voters might give thought on a reasonable number of candidates) but I wasn't on the 2008 one which dropped the 2007 trial, so not in the position to give the reason why it was dropped.
Phillipe could give the whole recollection perhaps? Or it would be somehow embarrassing for now a WMF staffer? :D Cheers, On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:42 AM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
