[Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

[Newyorkbrad]

Although I'm pretty much a complete outsider to this process, and so my
opinion may be discounted accordingly, this schedule for voting may be a
little bit too expedited to be optimal. I'm especially concerned that only
one week is allotted between the close of nominations and the close of
voting. To the extent that a given member might wish to decide his or her
vote through consultation with his or her chapter -- through internal
discussion and consensus or a vote of the chapter board members or all the
chapter's members, on a mailing list or at a chapter meeting -- I'm not
sure one week is a long enough period in which all chapters can do so.

I understand there are reasons to want to move ahead expeditiously with
this election, so I'm not calling for delay for the sake of delay; on the
other hand, allowing a bit more time might be in order.

Regards,
Newyorkbrad

On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Fae <faewik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The schedule of election for the Chapters Association Council Chair
> has been announced at
> <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Elections/2013_Chair
>
>
> The schedule is:
>     Nominations open midnight (UTC) on Monday 25 February 2013.
>     Nominations close midnight on Monday 4 March 2013 and voting is
opened.
>     Voting closes midnight Monday 11 March 2013.
>
> Note that all 21 Council members will be eligible to vote, including
> those that stand for election. In a heavily contested election,
> expecting nominated candidates to refrain from voting would not be
> workable.
>
> Thanks,
> Fae
> --
> Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) faewik at gmail.com
> Chapters Association Council Chair http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA
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