As I said in my earlier post, nominations for the interim Board close in a few days and I think we should firm up a couple of details for the election ASAP.
So far we seem to have:
1. Voters will be all those who sign up to the potential guarantor or supporting members list (meta page)
I think it should be restricted to UK residents To prevent sockpuppets we should adopt the same (or similar) rules as per [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008/en#Requirements] with dates advanced by 3 months I suggest we apply a cut off date of 13 September
2. Number of Board members will be five (meta page)
Now I understand the rationale, I agree with this - does everyone else?
3. Voting will be via the approval system (5 highest winning; all elected have to get >50% approval) (meta)
I have no opinion here - is this usual?
4. If <3 candidates election, election is restarted (meta)
5. Election will be secret (consensus from this list)
I agree - if people want it secret, it should be secret.
6. Election will be run by a election committee
Sounds like overkill to me. Who will 'elect' this committee? I think all we need is an independent reliable trusted person who could be a Teller / Returning Officer to send out the votes, add them up and publish them. How about Anders Wennersten or someone else at ChapCom? Alternatively, I know Andrew Whitworth has volunteered - is everyone happy with him? Andrew, do you have any credentials on wikimedia?
7. Candidates will be ineligible for election if they do not or cannot sign the Declaration (meta - not explicit)
I think we should make this explicit - we can't have a situation where someone gets elected and then refuses to sign the form to be a Companies Houes director because they forgot to mention they were bankrupt.
8. Vacancies
Can I propose an addition: in the event of resignations or vacancies, the Board will invite the person who received the next highest number of votes to join. Or alternatively: the Board may co-opt up to two additional members.
Anything I've missed?
Andrew