Agree with Theo on this. The notification was sent just earlier this week. There should be an extension.<br><br>Although I'm with the appeal to long time Wikipedians in requesting them to nominate themselves, I wouldn't go overboard thinking that the response is either disappointing or concerning for the future of Wikimedia India Chapter. There just wasn't enough time given for members and by any means - sending out just e-mail notifications doesn't suffice. The people responsible for the elections (is that the nominations committee?) should do more, like dropping a message on the members' user page on Wikipedia. Many people may not be checking emails from this mailing list regularly. Also, the members may have questions -- about the role, about the term they're signing up for and much more. <br>
<br>Like some emails sent to this list, the members may also need help nominating themselves. Is there an FAQ for nominations, btw?<br><br>Cheers,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Theo10011 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:de10011@gmail.com" target="_blank">de10011@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Gautam and the organizing committee for the election, it might make sense in extending the last date for nomination.<div>
<br></div><div>The window for nomination hasn't been open for long, it might make sense in extending it for a while so more Wikimedians can hear about it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Theo<div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:40 AM, CherianTinu Abraham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tinucherian@gmail.com" target="_blank">tinucherian@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Please note that the <i><u>last date of nominations</u></i> for Executive Committee Elections 2011 of Wikimedia India chapter is <b><u><i>Aug 29, 2011</i></u></b></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><br></span></div>With less than 3 days to go for the last date of nominations, there were just 2 nominations for the 3 vacant posts.<div>
<br></div><div>This is very disappointing and concerning for the future of Wikimedia Chapter India.<br></div><div> </div></span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">I sincerely appeal to the veteran Wikipedians / Wikimedians of India to come forward and help grow the chapter. </span><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><div>
<br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Tinu Cherian<br></div></span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Hari Prasad Nadig <br><a href="http://hpnadig.net" target="_blank">http://hpnadig.net</a> <br>
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