On 9/16/06, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com>
wrote:
It is very very important that everyone vote.
Yes, absolutely.
I personally strongly strongly support the
candidacies of Oscar and
Mindspillage.
I think that's a very important, and valuable, statement. I am on the
record as stating that the majority of any future expanded Board
should be elected by the community (possibly through a membership
model, but not necessarily so). However, in that model, sitting Board
members can provide balance and reason by endorsing particular
candidacies. Angela has endorsed me, and I think it is vital for you,
Anthere and Michael to also share your views on the candidates.
I don't think a public, cross-posted mailing list thread is
necessarily the best way to do so, as it might turn into an exchange
of negativity. In the future, perhaps each candidate statement should
have a "slot" for endorsements. That way, Board members and others
could easily make their opinions known.
I would also like to see a list of endorsements
in the statements.
I think now (by chance perhaps) all the people
I have voted for have posted here. I'm sure there
are some excellent candidates amongst the others,
but I have not had experience of them. Perhaps
with more experience here I will know them,
but in the mean time, I will constrain my votes
to the people I like and know.