On 06/04/2011 12:36, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 6 April 2011 00:36, Andrew Turvey<[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Andrew West<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Not all candidates provided their wikimedia/wikipedia user name. I >>> happen to know who Roger Bamkin is, and can guess who Ashley Van >>> Haeften is, but it would be very helpful if the wiki-identities of all >>> candidates were to be explicitly stated. >> I remember back in 2008 when Wikimedia UK was relaunched there was a >> debate about whether people involved in the chapter should have to >> disclose their online identities. In the end most people did but the >> conclusion was that it shouldn't be mandatory. > We definitely had that discussion regarding members and concluded that > we wouldn't collect usernames of members. I'm not sure what we > discussed regarding board members. > > While it doesn't make much sense to have a binding rule that says > board member candidates have to reveal their online identity (I'm not > even sure such a rule is legally possible - who is appointed is a > decision for an AGM and a past AGM can't bind a future one), I would > be surprised if anyone that didn't got elected. I certainly wouldn't > vote for someone without knowing who they are in the Wikimedia world. > > __________
All prospective and current Directors of the Company should be asked to reveal Wikipedia and related identities (e.g. Commons) . And perhaps all others (e.g. Twitter). It should be made part of the fabric of the Company, which should be open and accountable. Gordo (LoopZilla elsewhere) -- Gordon Joly [email protected] http://www.joly.org.uk/ Don't Leave Space To The Professionals! _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
