Endorsements are now open for all candidates. Any endorsements for candidates who do not
confirm are, of course, contingent upon confirmation.
Philippe
----- Original Message -----
From: Florence Devouard
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Board election endorsements
hmmmm ?
Well, this is not disastrous. Surely, this can be flexible. Either get
24-48 hours more, or put the endorsement on the talk page until they are
confirmed, or endorsement could be open but candidate labelled non
confirmed.
I'll tell you... I think that whatever the little mistakes, the current
situation looks good; Is that due to the endorsement ? I dunno, but this
year, we only have "serious" (real) candidates. I also think there is a
very active questionning of the candidates, and this is fabulous. A
unique opportunity to see where the current board is not very good :-)
All in all, I find the situation rather positive. Do not worry about
bureaucracy. I do not think any candidate will be left aside because of
a short deadline for endorsement.
Ant
Robert Leverington wrote:
The fact that candidates cannot be endorsed until they
have been
confirmed is entirely wrong. As it is there is already little time for
endorsements (especially for the later candidates) as endorsement is
closed AT THE SAME TIME AS candidate presentations close and the
confirmation is just making less and less time. It is also unfair that
simply because a member of staff is not in the office candidates are
unable to receive endorsements even though they have submitted there
identity confirmation (although I do not resent Cary taking a day of
vacation which he is entitled to).
This years elections have been full of unnecessary bureaucracy.
Especially in the attitude of the election committee. Therefore I
propose that next year (or this year in fact as the current elections
are a complete shambles) that there is a clear time line to make it
fair for all candidates. I outline it here:
* Candidate presentations and chance to ask questions
* Endorsements and chance to ask questions
* Vote
None of these should overlap and if possible there should be a gap
between them as an amnesty.
Thank you for taking time to read this letter.
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