David Mestel wrote:
If I may add my personal opinion, I do not think that it was appropriate for Jimmy to declare public support for any candidate. Here's why: In some sense, Jimmy's role is to be an impartial adjudicator, facilitating to a great extent the views of the community, although obviously also keeping the greater good of Wikipedia in mind. In some ways, indeed, one might draw an analogy between this and a hypothetical situation where the monarch encouraged the electorate to vote one way or the other. Just my $0.02.
I think it is a crucial information with whom of the candidates the current board members see themselves able to work with. The impression I got when I was involved in foundation work was that several board members don't get along very well with some of the candidates. Everyone should be able to imagine the consequences.
greetings, elian