Since candidates are supposed to begin answering on July 7th, I would like to nudge the conversation towards a poll of candidates and interested community members, on an actionable proposal to use the longer list of questions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Poll:_selecting_community_questions
Maybe the Election Committee can help with this process? Kind regards, [[mw:User:Adamw]] On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 11:48 AM Lorenzo <[email protected]> wrote: > As a candidate, I am of course not the one who decides what questions > get asked, but I will share my opinion on some of your points: > > On dom, 2021-07-04 at 12:50 +0100, Nosebagbear wrote: > > First and foremost, is that of the questions that received > > significant Community endorsement, only one was selected. That the > > Community felt so strongly those questions should be answered by any > > candidate should be grounds for presumptive inclusion. > > > > The question list is also short - not even a fifth of those > > presented. As a role that needs significant time, and in a process > > that lasts weeks, it seems dubious to indicate that 11 questions is > > the most that can be answered in an election for the most "senior" > > community-selected positions in the movement. This is especially in > > comparison to, say, en-wiki RfA candidates who answer well over 20, > > on average. > > >From what I see, there are four questions that have received more than > two endorsements. One (about rebranding) has been included in the list, > one is basically a follow up to another question (commitment on not > taking paid positions), while the other two are: > * How should the Foundation treat foundation-run projects that incur a > high amount of on-wiki opposition? > * Should there be a waiting period between the time a Board member > leaves the Board, and they take on an employee, consultant, or other > paid role with the Foundation? > > I imagine that these are the questions you are referring to. They seem > to me meaningful questions, that could fit in the official list. > > Personally I have no objections to longer list of questions. I actually > expected it to be longer in the first place (say, 20 questions). > At the same time, I understand that the Election Committee wants to > have the same set of questions for everyone, and to keep the time > commitment under control. I wouldn't want my willingness to answer to > go against their efforts. > > Lorenzo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/H3R432R72SOR4ONUPFJWV6TVAA3POBX5/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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