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