+1
I'm still inclined to do this regionally, even if
we only agree on one
candidate, for example. If we want to even think of ourselves as being a
viable grouping of Asian chapters, we need to go beyond this national mode
of thinking and start looking at things from a broader perspective.
Based on the Asian Chapters views, I guessed Alice or Patricio are not our
preferences. I doubt that neither of them is interested in what happened
internationally or particularly in Asia. We refuse to support them since
they main interest might be only for Europe/Latin America. Moreover, we
already have European on the Board, and looks like they are going to agree
on each other despite of who to support them before (namely Asian). The
chapters list discussion clearly indicates the supporter want to stop the
discussing process because they will win a landslide vote.
If WMID could vote on one name, we will go for Craig. At least we have a
closer Board of Trustees around for smaller Asian Chapters. We are happy to
keep reminding him how he got the position and what he promised. Only
random thought, but having Australian/Asian as a representative will be
advantageous since it's easier for he/she to help Asian potential and meet
them face to face. Or, Asian (or potential) chapters representative could
come to Australia instead for face to face meeting. That's more visible for
us rather than sending someone to Europe or America. Personally, I feel
that our current European/American boards are 'unreachable', we need a more
reliable and closer board.
We could argue about this, but I don't think it's even worth our time. We
know in fact that some non-Asian, non-Australian Chapters are willing to
support Craig. It's likely Craig will secure a seat in Board of Trustees if
we agree to support him.
Regards,
Kartika
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:34 PM, jamesjoshualim(a)yahoo.com <
jamesjoshualim(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm still inclined to do this regionally, even if
we only agree on one
candidate, for example. If we want to even think of ourselves as being a
viable grouping of Asian chapters, we need to go beyond this national mode
of thinking and start looking at things from a broader perspective.
As it is, even people in the region think the idea of Wikimedia Asia is
but that: an idea. We should at least try to prove them wrong.
Josh
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From: "Deryck Chan" <deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk>
To: "Asian Wikimedia Chapters coordination" <
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Subject: [Wikimedia-asia-chapters] Chapter selected board seat
Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2012 1:26 pm
On 8 April 2012 23:01, Siska Doviana <siska.doviana(a)wikimedia.or.id>wrote;wrote:
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Deryck Chan
<deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk>
wrote:
The main difference between us and Iberocoop is
that culturally we're a
much
more diverse bunch then them, therefore within
the Wikimedia sphere our
interests are less aligned with each other than they.
I completely agree, that's why I suggested to go as individual
chapters as another option.
With neither Craig nor Theo putting representing
and developing Asian
Wikimedian communities as their main agendum (correct me if I'm wrong),
coordinated voting between Asian chapters is probably not in the best
interests of individual chapters among us.
But then again what the point of having this list if we keep
separating each other? For fun? * it might work too IMHO *
We all know that - to help us talk to each other, and investigate the
possibility of cooperating. If we decide to join up, great. But even if we
decide to go separate ways, it's good that we've talked to each other and
have come to that conclusion.
So? One (HK) say we have to go individually for the chapter's best
interest, another (India) said we should do this regionally, how about
others?
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