Although I'm pretty much a complete outsider to this process, and so my opinion may be discounted accordingly, this schedule for voting may be a little bit too expedited to be optimal. I'm especially concerned that only one week is allotted between the close of nominations and the close of voting. To the extent that a given member might wish to decide his or her vote through consultation with his or her chapter -- through internal discussion and consensus or a vote of the chapter board members or all the chapter's members, on a mailing list or at a chapter meeting -- I'm not sure one week is a long enough period in which all chapters can do so.
I understand there are reasons to want to move ahead expeditiously with this election, so I'm not calling for delay for the sake of delay; on the other hand, allowing a bit more time might be in order.
Regards, Newyorkbrad
On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Fae faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
The schedule of election for the Chapters Association Council Chair has been announced at <
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Elections/2013...
The schedule is: Nominations open midnight (UTC) on Monday 25 February 2013. Nominations close midnight on Monday 4 March 2013 and voting is
opened.
Voting closes midnight Monday 11 March 2013.
Note that all 21 Council members will be eligible to vote, including those that stand for election. In a heavily contested election, expecting nominated candidates to refrain from voting would not be workable.
Thanks, Fae -- Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) faewik@gmail.com Chapters Association Council Chair http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae
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