On 27 Aug 2009, at 03:46, Michael Snow wrote:
Kropotkine_113 wrote:
Does he fulfill the Nomitanig Commitee selection criterion : "Membership in the Wikimedia community" ? http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nominating_Committee/ Selection_criteria#General_needed_traits
Ting already answered the rest of these questions, but I will elaborate on this one. The page is perhaps not completely clear, but the Nominating Committee used it as a workspace to brainstorm and prioritize possible criteria. Thus, it was not decided that we should make membership in the Wikimedia community a criterion for the appointed seats, as most of us did not think this was a priority. I think this is quite understandable, since these seats are designed to allow us to find outside expertise for areas not already covered by the board members selected by the community. Neither Matt nor anyone else pretends that he was a member of the Wikimedia community before he was appointed to the board. I know that he was looking forward to getting to know people from the community at Wikimania, though.
--Michael Snow
Can I ask: what experience _does_ he have of the Wikimedia movement? Has he ever edited a Wikimedia project? How has he supported free content aside from via money and being on Boards of Trustees?
There doesn't seem to be an "About Matt Halprin" section available in any of the press releases, as there is for the other new appointments...
Thanks, Mike Peel