As someone who has previously chosen a jury. The most important factors were experience of wikimania, experience of other events and geographic distribution. Affiliation and role were basically hair splitting factors where volunteers were closely matched in terms of the main three factors.

Seddon

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Stuart Prior <stuart.prior@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all,

Just to clarify, as the impression we're getting from the conversation so far is that it's a "staff jury". This is not really the case if you look at the members.

Esteban: Board member of Wikimedia Argentina >6 years volunteering
Daniel: Volunteer >8 years volunteering
Finne: Volunteer /Experience organising a Wikimania/>8 years volunteering
Claudia: Senior chapter staff
Richard: Chapter staff/just helped deliver a Wikimania/>10 years volunteering
Me: Chapter contractor/Just organised a Wikimania
Ellie: WMF contractor/Just organised a Wikimania

Now, I don't want to speak for the above, but with >34 years of volunteering between the jury + some strong practical experience of delivering such an event, + gender balance + location, that seems like a reasonable jury selection to me.

For my part, as with Richard, I don't see my role fundraising for WMUK as a COI as it's just a job. I volunteer my time to train new editors and support Wikimedia events already and I don't represent Wikimedia UK on this jury.

Gordon, as you quite rightly pointed out, I'll use my personal email address going forward. prior_stuart@me.com

Thanks

S


On 7 October 2014 11:56, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> wrote:
On 07/10/14 09:22, Richard Symonds wrote:
> I do understand where you're coming from - but we don't judge other
> people's ability to volunteer based on who pays their salaries. Nor do
> we assume that I am a 'paid Wikipedia editor'... because I'm not! I'm a
> volunteer...
>
> Richard Symonds
> Wikimedia UK
> 0207 065 0992
>
> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
> 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global
> Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia
> Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>
> *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control
> over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
>



Can I suggest a non WMUK email address (and signature) for your posts as
a volunteer?

Gordo


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