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:
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(a)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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