Since candidates are supposed to begin answering on July 7th, I would like to nudge the conversation towards a poll of candidates and interested community members, on an actionable proposal to use the longer list of questions: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidat...
Maybe the Election Committee can help with this process?
Kind regards, [[mw:User:Adamw]]
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 11:48 AM Lorenzo laurentius.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
As a candidate, I am of course not the one who decides what questions get asked, but I will share my opinion on some of your points:
On dom, 2021-07-04 at 12:50 +0100, Nosebagbear wrote:
First and foremost, is that of the questions that received significant Community endorsement, only one was selected. That the Community felt so strongly those questions should be answered by any candidate should be grounds for presumptive inclusion.
The question list is also short - not even a fifth of those presented. As a role that needs significant time, and in a process that lasts weeks, it seems dubious to indicate that 11 questions is the most that can be answered in an election for the most "senior" community-selected positions in the movement. This is especially in comparison to, say, en-wiki RfA candidates who answer well over 20, on average.
From what I see, there are four questions that have received more than
two endorsements. One (about rebranding) has been included in the list, one is basically a follow up to another question (commitment on not taking paid positions), while the other two are:
- How should the Foundation treat foundation-run projects that incur a high amount of on-wiki opposition?
- Should there be a waiting period between the time a Board member leaves the Board, and they take on an employee, consultant, or other paid role with the Foundation?
I imagine that these are the questions you are referring to. They seem to me meaningful questions, that could fit in the official list.
Personally I have no objections to longer list of questions. I actually expected it to be longer in the first place (say, 20 questions). At the same time, I understand that the Election Committee wants to have the same set of questions for everyone, and to keep the time commitment under control. I wouldn't want my willingness to answer to go against their efforts.
Lorenzo
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