On 16 Sep 2006, at 18:05, Erik Moeller wrote:
On 9/16/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@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.