On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:09 PM Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.com wrote:
Considering the results of the 2015 May Board elections, I think it fair to say that María’s appointment to the Board lacks any community legitimacy whatsoever.
I have to disagree with this statement. Please see my analysis of the election, where I show that Sefidari would have been the top-ranked candidate if we had counted votes equally.[1] The "oppose" votes you refer to are not serving the purpose you imagine they are, of weeding out controversial candidates.
Yet another hugely surprising decision from the Board, I’m sorry to say.
That's another story... It would be nice to read the minutes of this Board discussion, to see what alternatives were raised and how they were evaluated. It would be even nicer if the broader community had been directly involved in deciding how to backfill their hatcheted representative's seat.
-Adam [[mw:User:Adamw]]
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Adamw/Draft/Board_Election_analysis