Ellie,
I don't think "We have a system that works for jury selection" is appropriate answer. I just asked how and by who, not but it strange for me that this simple question is been unanswered.
Adding to my first email, now that I familiar more with the jury members - from one hand I'm happy to see know we have a great and talented jury, but from second hand, a little bit strange feeling that the jury members of the major and the biggest community event within our movement are paid staff from wmf/chapters. I see our staff as an integral part of the movement, but still - we don't have any committee, especially when we are talking about Wikimania, that staff are such a major part of the committee.
So yes, this just reinforces the fact that requires a bit more detailed answer to the question - how they are selected.
Thank you, and thanks for all the people that volunteered for this year jury.
Itzik
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Ellie Young eyoung@wikimedia.org wrote:
We have a system that works for jury selection. What I would STRONGLY like to encourage people in the community to do is seek out prospective people who would be good hosts and work with me on preparing a bid. That is is our biggest need! The CFP was posted earlier this month.
Thank you all.
Ellie
On Sep 29, 2014, at 7:18 AM, Béria Lima berialima@gmail.com wrote:
It also makes me wonder how hard whoever "elected" the jury worked to find
interested unpaid volunteers as opposed to employees who are part of the normal professional networks.
I might be wrong, but I didnt saw a mail with a call for volunteers to compose the jury like they do every year. (I do might had missed though so is better if Manuel or Ellie answers.)
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2014-09-29 11:13 GMT-03:00 Fæ faewik@gmail.com:
On 29 September 2014 14:45, Béria Lima berialima@gmail.com wrote:
I also would like to know the answer to Itzik question:
" Can you elaborate more on how the current jury was elected and by
who?"
Richard Symonds Stuart Prior Claudia Garad Esteban Zarate Daniel Bryant Finne Boonen Ellie Young
Could someone point to a profile of the jury members? It is incredibly hard to see who has been an employee of the WMF or Chapters unless you happen to know people personally. However, I believe I am correct in saying that only the minority of the jury has never been a paid employee, which may not be the best thing for a conference aimed at unpaid volunteers.
It also makes me wonder how hard whoever "elected" the jury worked to find interested unpaid volunteers as opposed to employees who are part of the normal professional networks.
Fae
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