Hi James,
These look good to me. Let me get these out for you now.
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 4:55 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some thoughts:
DYK: That @Wikimedia https://twitter.com/Wikimedia elects 3 community members to the Board of Trustees? The Call for Candidates has begun! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for...
The Wikimedia Foundation gives millions through a collaborative community committee - it is time for their election https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for...
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 4:30 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hello SM list,
The month and a half week sprint that is the 2015 WMF Elections https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015 is starting in earnest in just under an hour with banners going up for all logged in users. The committee has been talking about how much of a role SM should play (if any) in the elections given the requirements to vote or run (300 edits, 20 in the past 6 months + some exceptions). However I know that we do have a large community following as well and some things may have other interest to different groups especially given the board's very large push for more diverse candidates this time including a letter https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates from them that will be linked from the banner. I'd be very interested in people's thoughts.
For now (well once banners go up after 5pm pacific/00:00 utc):
- @Wikimedia tweet about the diverse candidates from the community
for the board (and possibly FDC) linking to the letter/Call for Candidates.
Interested in other thoughts that we've been throwing around:
- Blog post about the Call for Candidates (I think this is unlikely
unless comms really wants it and the Board doesn't want to do it. Likely to be less value add)
- Social Media regarding voting/asking candidate questions (I think
relatively likely but will bring up on the social media list and see what others think about it matching the audience of @Wikimedia)
- Blog post about the election in general inviting people to ask the
board candidates questions and vote when voting opens - I think this is the most likely blog post from the committee if the comms team is interested. It could be either from the Board or the Committee (bylined by the whole committee, Greg Varnum as volunteer Coordinator or me as advisor). Would probably go out at the start of the question period, possibly with some SM about it again at the start of the election and can talk about how many candidates we have (hopefully about their diversity) and inviting people to ask questions and to vote if eligible.
- Blog post after the election talking about the process (also
possible from either the committee or me, depends on what comms wants/we need and how the election went).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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