On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:16 AM, philippe
<philippe.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Ah, OK, sorry for my misunderstanding of the
question.
Indeed, we had that same discussion amongst the committee. In the
end, the vote timing is driven by Wikimania and the need to purchase
tickets for the new trustees-designate to get there (at a reasonable
price, which usually requires a 14 day advance purchase), while also
taking the time to get the translations done as completely as possible.
In addition, it was our feeling that last year that the first week had
- by far - the vast majority of the votes cast with relatively little
movement afterwards.
You mileage may vary of course, but the Licensing Update vote had
roughly 60%, 25% and 15% of votes cast during each of its three weeks.
I'd hate to have ignored 40% by stopping after only 1 week.
The ticket purchase seems like a lame excuse for cutting down the voting
period. Let the candidates buy their own tickets early, and the winners
can be reimbursed when they get to Buenos Aires.
This year's Wikimania is more than a month later than last year's. By
having the election roughly at the same time as last year's there would
be more than ample time for three weeks of voting. The voting members
should not be deprived of voting opportunities because of the election
committee's failure to recognize this.
Ec