+1 Ravi
On 9 June 2015 at 19:03, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Totally agree with Ravi.
We should groom more stewards and GAC/FDC members. That will help prepare
a potential candidate (for board elections) for greater roles within the
movement. It also will help build credibility.
All the best for those who plan to stand in 2017. You're acid test starts
now itself.
On 09-Jun-2015 2:55 pm, "Ravishankar" <ravidreams(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
//Having least number of eligible voter among the community was a major
challenge to the Indic candidates. Mean time in future indic community
support is mostly important.//
We are missing the larger perspective here.
All three winning candidates and others who lost closely did not get
those votes because they came from some specific global region or promised
to do something if elected.
They got those votes for what they have already accomplished in the
Wikimedia movement.
Even if there are more eligible voters from India, one cannot assume they
will all vote for candidates from India because ultimately Wikimedia
ecosystem values meritocracy. All candidates from India have got more votes
than the number of eligible voters from India. So, it shows that the world
is willing to vote for us if we project the right candidates.
For any candidate, if this is the first time the world is hearing about
her or him with no proven track record in the movement, the chances of
getting selected is zero.
Diversity based on gender, region is good but that cannot occur over
night.
Only 2 out of 36 stewards are from India. Why don't we groom more
stewards?
Why don't we get engaged in various organizational activities like GAC,
IEG, Wikimania scholarship committee, AffCom, FDC? Even having experience in
the local chapter is valued.
Why don't we try to get consistent visibility by attending and adding
value to various movement related events like Wikimania, Wikimedia
Conference, GLAM conference and Wikimedia Hackathon?
Why don't we expand our contributions beyond our own language communities
and get involved in more national and international activities? One could
even simply start by organizing Wiki Loves Earth like contests in India.
We already do have many such contributors and should encourage to contest
next time.
We need to bring more eminent contributors from FOSS movements to
Wikimedia and Wikimedians should expand their contributions in other like
minded initiatives.
If someone hopes to get selected for 2017 elections, they better start
working now at least.
All the best :)
Ravi
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