Having just returned from one week without internet access, I'm glad to see
that things are moving ahead.
Just a brief question: When referring to the "wiki" where bios and questions
are to be posted, do you mean the page at
http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Election?
It's the only one I was able to find (even though it was only set up this
afternoon as opposed to last night). So if there is another page which went
live yesterday, please post its link on this list. Thanks.
(And quite possibly, I'm simply too German when it comes to sticking to
timetables :-))
Cheers!
Oliver (aka BT)
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From: Chris Riwa [mailto:chriwaustin@gmail.com]
Sent: 23 March 2012 15:46
To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The Elections Programme
Hallo wiki-medians,
Thank you Steve and Ann for noting the error on the time give. Correction
has been acknowledged and the requisite changes have been made below.
1. Declaration of intention. This serves as an official announcement by
a member to contest for the position of board member of WMKE. This can be
done on our official mailing list, as most of you have done, and the last
date for this activity will be on Wednesday, 21st March 2012 by 2359hours.
2. Registration of contestants. This will involve the determination of
whether an applicant is eligible to contest for the position of a board
member of WMKE as per the Chapter's Constitution or any other rules agreed
upon by the members. This is fully the responsibility of the electoral team
and the results are to be released on Saturday, 24th March 2012 between noon
and 2359hours.
3. Setup of the contestants bio-page. A bio page on the wiki will be
setup for the purpose of giving all the contestants an opportunity to wikify
their plea to the members on why they are best suited for the job. This will
be coordinated by the electoral team and the bio-page on the wiki will be
setup on Friday, 23rd March 2012 by 2359hours.
4. Bio posting by the qualified contestants. All the contestants that
qualify to contest will be expected to post their bio's on the developed
wiki (Number 3) by Sunday, 25th March 2012 at 2359hours. Note that a
qualified contestant has 24 hours to complete this task or be disqualified.
5. Posting of Questions to the contestants. In order for us to have a
Question and Answers (Q&A) session online, questions will be sent to the to
all qualified contestants by e-mail. The electoral team will then receive
the various responses from the qualified contestants (PRIVATELY), after
which the team will wikify them depending on the contestants turn to respond
to the views and opinions of the members. This posting will be done on
Sunday, 25th March 2012 by 2359hours.
6. Response to questions asked by the contestants. The contestants are
expected to respond to the questions asked on Monday, 26th by 1800hours.
They will send this responses to the electoral team privately and NOT on our
usual mailing list. This is aimed at ensuring the Q&A sessions are conducted
in an orderly manner and equal time will be availed to all contestants to
interact with the members.
7. Q&A sessions. This will involve the posting of the responses
provided by the contestants on the wiki by the electoral team, and an
eventual discussion by the members and contestants. Each member will have
specific time to interact with the members through the setup wiki. This will
be conducted from Tuesday, 27th March to Thursday 29th March 2012.
8. Open Day. This will be on Friday, 30th and contestants will be
allowed to post openly in our mailing list and involve members in
discussions. A Skype chat will be chaired by the electoral team later in the
day to try and get the contestants to interact with the members.
9. Election Day. This will be on Saturday, 31st March 2012 at a time
and venue that will be communicated by the electoral team by Wednesday, 28th
March 2012 latest 1600hours.
Note that the following were agreed upon by the team on Yesterdays meeting
as well.
* This election will see the selection of five members of WMKE, by
secret ballot, to the board of the Kenyan Chapter of Wikimedia by the voting
members, and after which the selected five will decide on who will occupy
the 5 positions defined by The Constitution.
* The basis of determining those members eligible to contest or vote
in this election will be based on the rules determined and agreed upon by
the members in the meeting held at The Public Service Club on Saturday, 11th
February 2012.
* Voting by proxy will be available as per The Constitution. The
electoral team will inform all members on how this will be conducted once we
finish up on the logistics of its execution.
* The team calls for members to come out and participate in this
activity with utmost fairness and integrity.
* Any queries or opinions about the election are greatly encouraged
but the electoral team request that such be communicated privately to any/
all of the team members privately first. However, you are required to cc
Asaf on such communications for the purpose of openness and fairness. We
will be glad to try and provide solutions to any questions and challenges as
we guide each other on undertaking this activity.
I once again appeal to all members to come out and actively participate in
this elections.
On behalf of the electoral team.
Regards,
--
Chris A. Riwa
Research Specialist and Consultant
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