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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