Having just returned from one week without
internet access, I’m glad to see that things are moving ahead.
Just a brief question: When referring to the
“wiki” where bios and questions are to be posted, do you mean the
page at http://www.wikimedia.or.ke/Board_Election?
It’s the only one I was able to find
(even though it was only set up this afternoon as opposed to last night). So if
there is another page which went live yesterday, please post its link on this
list. Thanks.
(And quite possibly, I’m simply too German
when it comes to sticking to timetables J)
Cheers!
Oliver (aka BT)
From: Chris Riwa
[mailto:chriwaustin@gmail.com]
Sent: 23 March 2012 15:46
To: The
discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter.
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] The
Elections Programme
Hallo wiki-medians,
Thank you Steve and Ann for noting the error on the time give. Correction has
been acknowledged and the requisite changes have been made below.
- Declaration of intention.
This serves as an official announcement by a member to contest for the
position of board member of WMKE. This can be done on our official mailing
list, as most of you have done, and the last date for this activity will
be on Wednesday, 21st March 2012 by 2359hours.
- Registration of contestants.
This will involve the determination of whether an applicant is eligible to
contest for the position of a board member of WMKE as per the Chapter's
Constitution or any other rules agreed upon by the members. This is fully
the responsibility of the electoral team and the results are to be
released on Saturday, 24th March 2012 between noon and 2359hours.
- Setup of the contestants
bio-page. A bio page on the wiki will be setup for the
purpose of giving all the contestants an opportunity to wikify their plea
to the members on why they are best suited for the job. This will be
coordinated by the electoral team and the bio-page on the wiki will be
setup on Friday, 23rd March 2012 by 2359hours.
- Bio posting by the qualified
contestants. All the contestants that qualify to contest
will be expected to post their bio's on the developed wiki (Number 3) by
Sunday, 25th March 2012 at 2359hours. Note that a qualified contestant has
24 hours to complete this task or be disqualified.
- Posting of Questions to the contestants.
In order for us to have a Question and Answers (Q&A)
session online, questions will be sent to the to all qualified contestants
by e-mail. The electoral team will then receive the various responses from
the qualified contestants (PRIVATELY), after which the team will wikify
them depending on the contestants turn to respond to the views and
opinions of the members. This posting will be done on Sunday, 25th March
2012 by 2359hours.
- Response to questions asked by
the contestants. The contestants are expected to respond
to the questions asked on Monday, 26th by 1800hours. They will send this
responses to the electoral team privately and NOT on our usual mailing
list. This is aimed at ensuring the Q&A sessions are conducted in an
orderly manner and equal time will be availed to all contestants to
interact with the members.
- Q&A sessions.
This will involve the posting of the responses provided by the contestants
on the wiki by the electoral team, and an eventual discussion by the
members and contestants. Each member will have specific time to interact
with the members through the setup wiki. This will be conducted from
Tuesday, 27th March to Thursday 29th March 2012.
- Open Day. This
will be on Friday, 30th and contestants will be allowed to post openly in
our mailing list and involve members in discussions. A Skype chat will be
chaired by the electoral team later in the day to try and get the
contestants to interact with the members.
- Election Day. This
will be on Saturday, 31st March 2012 at a time and venue that will be
communicated by the electoral team by Wednesday, 28th March 2012 latest
1600hours.
Note that
the following were agreed upon by the team on Yesterdays meeting as well.
- This election will see the selection of five
members of WMKE, by secret ballot, to the board of the Kenyan Chapter of
Wikimedia by the voting members, and after which the selected five will
decide on who will occupy the 5 positions defined by The Constitution.
- The basis of determining those members eligible
to contest or vote in this election will be based on the rules determined
and agreed upon by the members in the meeting held at The Public Service
Club on Saturday, 11th February 2012.
- Voting by proxy will be available as per The
Constitution. The electoral team will inform all members on how this will
be conducted once we finish up on the logistics of its execution.
- The team calls for members to come out and
participate in this activity with utmost fairness and integrity.
- Any queries or opinions about the election are
greatly encouraged but the electoral team request that such be
communicated privately to any/ all of the team members privately first.
However, you are required to cc Asaf on such communications for the
purpose of openness and fairness. We will be glad to try and provide
solutions to any questions and challenges as we guide each other on
undertaking this activity.
I once
again appeal to all members to come out and actively participate in this
elections.
On behalf
of the electoral team.
Regards,
--
Chris A. Riwa
Research Specialist and Consultant
Mobile: +254(0)725-930-850
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