Hi Alessandro! Thanks for the explanation :-) Do you think that's still true today, considering how many affiliates there are globally?
And what would you like to see in a new kind of membership system? I'm mainly asking this because we'll talk about this at the Central and Eastern European meeting in Instanbul in a few days and we're also not exactly sure how to set this up. Best, Philip On Mon, 16 Sept 2024 at 12:01, Alessandro Marchetti <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > What I mean is that people belong to different user groups or affiliates, > giving them the opportunity to influence the process (if it's open) in > various ways. > > It's even worse when there is no public discussion, as this means the > people casting the vote (as representative) have a significant personal > influence. This is actually true also for "big" affiliates where standard > members are not informed at all of the voting process. > I don't think this is functional. I was part of a committee for an > affiliate-based vote years ago, and I can see that these issues still > haven't been properly addressed, though they should be. If you check the > old emails, you'll see that I've regularly pointed this out. > > So my contribution of this aspect is to regularly leave a formal note > about that somewhere in the paperwork. I think it's more useful overall > than casting an additional vote. > > A. > > > Il lunedì 16 settembre 2024 alle ore 10:48:41 CEST, Philip Kopetzky < > [email protected]> ha scritto: > > > Hi Alessandro, > > what exactly do you mean by "*More importantly, the issue of individuals > influencing multiple votes due to involvement in different affiliates is a > significant concern. Once clear and established guidelines are provided on > this matter, I see no issue with increasing such participation.*" - where > are people voting multiple times in WMF consultation processes and which > kind of guidelines do you expect to appear? > > Best regards, Philip > > On Sun, 15 Sept 2024 at 23:30, Alessandro Marchetti via Wikimedia-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I am pleased to share with you the annual Activity Report of the > WikiClassics User Group for the year 2023-2024. You can access it via > this link > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiClassics_User_Group/Reports/2023 > > The report has also been shared on our social media today. > > Best wishes, > Alessandro > > _______________________________________________ > 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/JSHIJP7DNG22QRSAVAHE4MLFKUNF53MO/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >
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