Thank you for your work on this Jonathan. I have not participated in this discussion because I am the designated “voter” for the global thematic chapter Wikimedia
LGBT+ and trying to stimulate discussion within that group about the candidates. It is indeed a challenge. Good luck!
Rachel
Rachel Wexelbaum, MLIS
Associate Professor
Collection Management Librarian
Saint Cloud State University
720 4th Avenue South
Saint Cloud, MN 56301
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From: Wikimedia-us-mn <wikimedia-us-mn-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>
On Behalf Of Jonathan
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 9:44 AM
To: wikimedia-us-mn@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-US-MN] Affiliate-selected board seats
A week ago, I sent a request to this list for members to review the nominees at the link below and rank them from one (highest) to ten (lowest) and send those to me.
Two people so far have sent rankings to me.
Last night I listened in on the WALRUS conference call and learned some things.
*You may assign any nominee any number. You could give several people the same rank and skip other ranks. You don't have to rank every nominee. For example, you could do something like this:
#1 Candidates A & B
#2 Candidate C
--
#5 Candidates D & E
--
#10 Candidate F
(No rank on the rest.)
*The board envisioned that each affiliate would have a discussion of the candidates. To that end, I would encourage people, if they are willing, to share with the group which candidates they favor more or less and why. You are free to promote
candidates or share concerns about them.
While the deadline for casting our collective vote is the end of May, it's seldom wise to wait until the last day to do something. Let's get the discussion going now so we can make an informed decision before the deadline.
Comments and questions on this process are most welcome.
-- Jonathunder