At 23:05 +0100 18/9/08, Thomas Dalton wrote:
2008/9/18 Alison Wheeler wikimedia@alisonwheeler.com:
On Thu, September 18, 2008 22:39, Thomas Dalton wrote:
Did we actually require people to reveal their names at this stage? If elected, it's certainly necessary, but I'm not sure it is necessary at this stage.
Take a step back here and look at what you are trying to find.
You are selecting people to *run a company*. A registered business which is going to have serious legal consequences both for the individuals concerned and for Wikimedia in the UK.
If someone doesn't provide their bona fides now how can you find out what experience and skills they presently have? Whoever gets involved is going to need to have more than a little common sense and preferably some experience with company law, accountancy, and business-to-business relationships. If they won't say who they are then what is the point of even putting them on a ballot paper!
At this stage I'm trusting people to be honest about their skills and experience, so I don't need to know their names. It's pretty much impossible to verify someone's experience with just their name, anyway, do you want candidates to supply complete CVs with references?
Could do that? Or use a web of trust?
Gordo