Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Ah, sorry, read this too late. I had already promised the dutch chapter to attend their conference. Sorry, would have like to go. And meanwhile I am really out of my vocation days :-D Wish you a good event. Ting On 17.06.2011 20:31, wrote Mike Dupont: > Congrats to the winners! What a great te

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On Friday, June 17, 2011, Patricio Lorente wrote: > Congratulations to Ting, SJ and Kat! Thank you Patricio, and all who shared congratulations. This is a tricky time for the projects and the Foundation - we are squarely facing a drop in participation for the first time. Among other things, we

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Congratulations to Ting, SJ and Kat! I'm sure you are going to keep on the good work and to address some of the things that have been said in this election. Good luck! Patricio -- Patricio Lorente Blog: http://www.patriciolorente.com.ar Identi.ca // Twitter: @pat

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Hello all, at first thank you all for take part in the election, especially to the volunteers on the Elections Committee. As most of organizing-an-event-job, there are always a lot of work that the attendees of the events don't necessarily see. I also want to thank everyone who take part in th

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On 17 June 2011 16:19, Alec Conroy wrote: > I suspect the board will recruit, formally or informally, the top n > runners-up to help provide the usual "new blood"ish infusion that a > normal election result provides.    The global community wants to keep > the keys in the current hands, but it di

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Congrats to the winners! What a great team. BTW, we are going to be organizing a new conference the first weekend of november in Prishtina, again, skf11 the third edition. It would be great to get some speakers from wikimedia, we have had milos, gerardm (in vlore, albania at the partner event free

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On 17/06/2011 18:20, Jon Harald Søby wrote: > > As I wrote in the board report, I think the elections would benefit from a > semi-permanent committee, instead of an election-by-election-based > committee. This would help counter repeats of the same mistakes, and > smoothen things out. This year no

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

First, congratulations to reelected Board members! As a steward and member of some committees, I had very good cooperation with them, and I am sure that we'll have in the future, too. Second, I would like to thank to all of those who voted for me and especially to all of those who didn't. I couldn

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

2011/6/17 Joan Goma > Congratulations to Ting Chen, Samuel Klein, and Kat Walsh on your > reelection > you have gained again the confidence of the editors so they are reasonably > happy whit things as they are I wish you continue doing this great job and > keeping their confidence. > > Thanks to

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Thank you all for your congratulations and your support! (And congratulations to the rest of the candidates, whose leadership and dedication are obvious in chapters, committees, and other projects; I look forward to continuing to work with you.) Cheers, Kat -- Your donations keep Wikipedia onli

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On 06/17/2011 10:54 AM, Theo10011 wrote: > Results are out. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/Results/en Congratulations on the incumbents for their reelections. I must admit that I am simultaneously disappointed and a little bit relieved that I wasn't elected. It's a toug

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Congrats Ting, Sj and Kat ... Well deserved. I personally wished to see at least one new face, though. :) Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > Results are out. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/Results/en > > > Theo > > On Fri, Jun 17,

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Congratulations to Ting Chen, Samuel Klein, and Kat Walsh on your reelection you have gained again the confidence of the editors so they are reasonably happy whit things as they are I wish you continue doing this great job and keeping their confidence. Thanks to all the other candidates for making

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Alec Conroy wrote: > I suspect the board will recruit, formally or informally, the top n > runners-up to help provide the usual "new blood"ish infusion that a > normal election result provides.    The global community wants to keep > the keys in the current hands,

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Harel Cain wrote: > One thing the board might want to concern itself with now is how to allow > for more change in the next elections, in other words how to counteract the > built-in advantages of the incumbent(s), which in the board elections is > even bigger than

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

> Congrats Ting, Sj and Kat on your re-election. Congrats to all the participants, particularly the three re-elected incumbents: I think this was the single most predictable single outcome-- we can poke and prod individual candidates, but collectively, _as a board_ , they've never done anything to

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Congratulations!! and thanks for the fun experience of running for the board... One thing the board might want to concern itself with now is how to allow for more change in the next elections, in other words how to counteract the built-in advantages of the incumbent(s), which in the board election

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On 6/17/2011 7:54 AM, Theo10011 wrote: > Results are out. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/Results/en Congratulations to Ting, SJ, and Kat, I'm glad that you will be continuing in your good work! Thanks also to the election committee, and just to remind them that they are n

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Congrats Ting, Sj and Kat on your re-election. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Results are out. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2011/Results/en Theo On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Harel Cain wrote: > I only want to rephrase what I said back at the beginning of the thread: > it's perfectly understandable if things run late (huh, Wikimania taught me > thi

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

I only want to rephrase what I said back at the beginning of the thread: it's perfectly understandable if things run late (huh, Wikimania taught me this first hand). It's just that little one-sentence update on the results page that was missing and would have spared us this thread. Now, some more

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 4:05 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Domas Mituzas wrote: >>> I'm told volunteers are capable of editing wiki pages and posting to >>> mailing lists. I haven't been able to independently verify this, though. >> >> I'm told that some volunteers can be extremely obnoxious too. > > Eh,

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Domas Mituzas wrote: >> I'm told volunteers are capable of editing wiki pages and posting to >> mailing lists. I haven't been able to independently verify this, though. > > I'm told that some volunteers can be extremely obnoxious too. Eh, don't be so hard on yourself. Sometimes you have something

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On 6/17/2011 10:01 AM, Austin Hair wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede > wrote: >> As the Board Liaison for the election committee I would like to ask for a >> little more patience on their behalf. >> >> Our chosen election system has several checks and balances and it d

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: > As the Board Liaison for the election committee I would like to ask for a > little more patience on their behalf. > > Our chosen election system has several checks and balances and it does not > help matters that we are making use of a

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Fully agreed :) On Jun 17, 2011, at 3:57 PM, Nathan wrote: > > Perfectly reasonable. Best way to forestall criticism in future > elections is to just be open and communicative -- before the results > are late. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-

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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: > Hi > > Just to make sure we don't jump to the wrong conclusion. > > This is my fourth Board election. Every time we have relied on Software in > the Public Interest (http://www.spi-inc.org/) do be the trusted third party. > Every time

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Hi Just to make sure we don't jump to the wrong conclusion. This is my fourth Board election. Every time we have relied on Software in the Public Interest (http://www.spi-inc.org/) do be the trusted third party. Every time they have been extremely fast and flexible in their volunteer services

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Hi! > I'm told volunteers are capable of editing wiki pages and posting to mailing > lists. I haven't been able to independently verify this, though. I'm told that some volunteers can be extremely obnoxious too. Domas ___ foundation-l mailing list fou

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

On 6/17/2011 9:31 AM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > As the Board Liaison for the election committee I would like to ask for a > little more patience on their behalf. > > Our chosen election system has several checks and balances and it does not > help matters that we are making

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Hello Everyone, As the Board Liaison for the election committee I would like to ask for a little more patience on their behalf. Our chosen election system has several checks and balances and it does not help matters that we are making use of an independent third party and are spread out acros

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > 2011/6/17 MZMcBride : >> The Election Committee seems to have completely dropped the ball, either in >> setting an unrealistic deadline and/or in not effectively communicating why >> it's been unable to meet the deadline. > > It may be true, but please calm down. They are

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Update from Mardetanha: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?diff=2669988&oldid=2669838&rcid=2608446 "As far as I can say, we are very hopeful that we can announce the results within several hours, we are almost done *Mardetanha* talk

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

2011/6/17 Austin Hair : > It's now the afternoon of the 17th (UTC), and this list—of which I > have the dubious distinction of being custodian—hasn't seen a single > thread about the WMF board election results. > > I'm honestly not sure if I should be proud of or disappointed with you > guys. Prou

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Yes, I find this situation, especially on the part of the election committee, as something between a sign of disrespect and a sign of indifference. I think the thousands of voters and the 19 candidates, who have spent a lot of time in their pursuing their candidacy, deserve better than this. Can s

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Austin Hair wrote: > What are the results, and why haven't they been released yet? Matanya wrote: > I'm really sorry no word was said until now, but we have some technical > problems. We have been working on them for last 24h, and hope they are > solved. I hope (no guarantees), that results will b

Re: [Foundation-l] Election results?

Latest update from the election officials: http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABoard_elections%2F2011&action=historysubmit&diff=2667116&oldid=2666426 * * Tom * * On 17 June 2011 12:53, Austin Hair wrote: > It's now the afternoon of the 17th (UTC), and this list—of which I > have th

[Foundation-l] Election results?

It's now the afternoon of the 17th (UTC), and this list—of which I have the dubious distinction of being custodian—hasn't seen a single thread about the WMF board election results. I'm honestly not sure if I should be proud of or disappointed with you guys. In any case, I beg your forgiveness when

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

Brion Vibber wrote: > On 8/12/09 12:07 PM, Steven Walling 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 f

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Steven Walling 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 endorseme

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

Congratz indeed to the (re)elected, and thank you Domas for all your work, both within and outwith the Board. Andrew Turvey wrote: My first response is that's probably a reflection of the voting system. When you have a non-partisan system like this, there are no clear political pro/con reasons t

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

Congrats to the winners, and thanks to all those who had the courage to stand up and offer themselves as candidates. -Luna ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:47 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 (W

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote: >> I don't think so. "Your English is better than my >> language." is a honest response. > > Thank you, Milos, I appreciate your input. > > I meant another... aspect - like > >> Rough eligibility can be derived from edit histories. This is a bi

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> I don't think so. "Your English is better than my > language." is a honest response. Thank you, Milos, I appreciate your input. I meant another... aspect - like > Rough eligibility can be derived from edit histories. This is a bit > harder to calculate, though anyone with a toolserver account

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BTW, congratulations from me, too. I expect that: * Kate will stay as a hardline defender of the community interests; * Ting will continue to promote interests of the worldwide Wikimedians; * Samuel will bring fresh ideas about which he talked publicly, as well as privately with many of us. I als

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote: > {{You're laughing on me }} > > :( I don't think so. "Your English is better than my language." is a honest response. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: ht

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On 8/12/09 1:48 PM, Steven Walling wrote: > Let me clarify: I'm not actually arguing that anything is wrong with the > election system, the results, or having old hands on the Board. On the > contrary. I'm just wondering if this election (even if it's not unusual) > might be conflated with the PARC

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

Let me clarify: I'm not actually arguing that anything is wrong with the election system, the results, or having old hands on the Board. On the contrary. I'm just wondering if this election (even if it's not unusual) might be conflated with the PARC stats on the community that have gotten so much a

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On 8/12/09 12:07 PM, Steven Walling 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 seeming

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Hi, Congratulations Ting, Kat and Samuel. Thanks for everything so far and more to come, domas :) On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 20:07, Steven Walling wrote: > While I personally am very pleased with the results, I wonder how the > election results will be perceived outside Wikimedia. > With numerous me

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{{You're laughing on me }} :( On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote: >> Maybe my English is not good enough but I don't get it: > > Your English is far better than my Ukrainian.  I apologise for not > being more clear. > >>

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote: > Maybe my English is not good enough but I don't get it: Your English is far better than my Ukrainian. I apologise for not being more clear. > Either you suggest that it will be possible or you're quite sure about that? > ... and what about

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> The things you are asking for should be possible with already > available public data. These things would be good, but they are > things that *you* can do. :) Maybe my English is not good enough but I don't get it: Either you suggest that it will be possible or you're quite sure about that? ..

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > My first response is that's probably a reflection of the voting system. When > you have a non-partisan system like this, there are no clear political > pro/con reasons to vote for/against particular candidates and the > anti-incumbency fact

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Pavlo Shevelo wrote: >> A full pairwise defeats table will be posted shortly. > > Would you please add detailed statistic summary (number of people > voted, %% of eligible wikipedians, dice and slice of those to projects > groups etc.) ? > ... I mean as detailed as

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> A full pairwise defeats table will be posted shortly. Would you please add detailed statistic summary (number of people voted, %% of eligible wikipedians, dice and slice of those to projects groups etc.) ? ... I mean as detailed as possible - more is better On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Phi

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Let me add my congratulations to our newly elected or re-elected Board members. :-) Domas - thank you for all your contributions as a Board member. I'm still amazed that you managed to serve on the Board while continuing your technical volunteer work! -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Fou

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Kat Walsh wrote: > Congrats to Ting and SJ -- and a thank you to Domas, who is not only a > good big scary sysadmin but also a good big scary board member. Congrats to the three (re-)elected board members and all the best for the upcoming term. The voting system s

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wrote: > From: "Steven Walling" > To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" > Sent: Wednesday, 12 August, 2009 20:07:00 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, > Portugal > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results > > While I personally am very plea

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

Congratulations to the victors and thank you to all the candidates and thank you to the departing Domas! ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Philippe Beaudette 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: Wikimedia is an amazing thing to be part of and I'm honored to be chosen

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Steven Walling 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 endorsemen

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

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 representat

Re: [Foundation-l] Election Results

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Philippe Beaudette 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 (mind

[Foundation-l] Election Results

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