Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com mailto:wikimediauk-l%40lists.wikimedia.org?Subject=%5BWikimediauk-l%5D% 20nominated%20candidates&In-Reply-To=29ebb7390809150756r38def9e2g4998018 c7e94f8ba%40mail.gmail.com Wrote: 2008/9/15 Ian A. Holton <poeloq at gmail.com https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >:
Just a quick question: who actually gets to vote?
The plan is to allow pretty much anyone that wants to to vote. The election committee will give us the details soon, I imagine, but anyone can add themselves as a potential member and there's no reason not to allow all potential members to vote, so that means anyone can vote. The only thing to be decided, I think, is whether or not to impose a deadline on adding yourself to the membership list prior to the election. I see little point in that myself, but it may make things simpler for the committee.
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Ultimately it is up to the election committee. This page here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_FAQs#What_are _the_election_rules.3F states that the voters are those people who signed their name as "guarantor members" or "supporters" but doesn't give a deadline for signing up and I can't remember where it came from anyway. I suggest a deadline of 13 September so that we're encouraging people to sign up to participate, not just signing up to vote! Regards,
Andrew Turvey
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*Thomas Dalton* *thomas.dalton at gmail.com*<wikimediauk-l%40lists.wikimedia.org?Subject=%5BWikimediauk-l%5D%20nominated%20candidates&In-Reply-To=29ebb7390809150756r38def9e2g4998018c7e94f8ba%40mail.gmail.com> Wrote: 2008/9/15 Ian A. Holton <*poeloq at gmail.com*https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
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- Just a quick question: who actually gets to vote?*
The plan is to allow pretty much anyone that wants to to vote. The election committee will give us the details soon, I imagine, but anyone can add themselves as a potential member and there's no reason not to allow all potential members to vote, so that means anyone can vote. The only thing to be decided, I think, is whether or not to impose a deadline on adding yourself to the membership list prior to the election. I see little point in that myself, but it may make things simpler for the committee.
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Ultimately it is up to the election committee. This page here: * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_FAQs#What_are_the... *http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_FAQs#What_are_the_election_rules.3Fstates that the voters are those people who signed their name as "guarantor members" or "supporters" but doesn't give a deadline for signing up and I can't remember where it came from anyway.
I suggest a deadline of 13 September so that we're encouraging people to sign up to participate, not just signing up to vote!
Regards,
*Andrew Turvey*
Given that the 13th September is three days ago, I would strongly object. I have only just got round to adding my name and would like to participate. It is not even remotely fair to retroactively limit the electorate in the way you suggest. I agree a deadline could be useful, but it should be discussed or at least announced in *advance* of the cut-off date.
James Hardy MrWeeble
How about we set the 19th September as the deadline for guarantor members and supporters that can vote? I say that date because it is the day before voting starts, according to the current timetable.
Mike
On 16 Sep 2008, at 19:29, James Hardy wrote:
2008/9/15 Turvey, Andrew Andrew.Turvey@alliance-leicester.co.uk Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com Wrote: 2008/9/15 Ian A. Holton <poeloq at gmail.com>:
Just a quick question: who actually gets to vote?
The plan is to allow pretty much anyone that wants to to vote. The election committee will give us the details soon, I imagine, but anyone can add themselves as a potential member and there's no reason not to allow all potential members to vote, so that means anyone can vote. The only thing to be decided, I think, is whether or not to impose a deadline on adding yourself to the membership list prior to the election. I see little point in that myself, but it may make things simpler for the committee.
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Ultimately it is up to the election committee. This page here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/ Candidate_FAQs#What_are_the_election_rules.3F states that the voters are those people who signed their name as "guarantor members" or "supporters" but doesn't give a deadline for signing up and I can't remember where it came from anyway.
I suggest a deadline of 13 September so that we're encouraging people to sign up to participate, not just signing up to vote!
Regards,
Andrew Turvey
Given that the 13th September is three days ago, I would strongly object. I have only just got round to adding my name and would like to participate. It is not even remotely fair to retroactively limit the electorate in the way you suggest. I agree a deadline could be useful, but it should be discussed or at least announced in *advance* of the cut-off date.
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2008/9/16 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net
How about we set the 19th September as the deadline for guarantor members and supporters that can vote? I say that date because it is the day before voting starts, according to the current timetable.
Mike
That is broadly speaking the currently plan yes. Obviously if we get a large number of people appearing with no apparent connection to the UK (live there, have lived there for reasonable periods, UK subject that kinda thing) steps may have to be taken.
All,
[[meta:User:MaxSem]] has removed [[meta:User:ScribblewikiLover]] from the list of board candidates, saying "rm troll". On ScribblewikiLover's talk page he says that "This user is blocked because he is a checkuser-confirmed sockpuppet of [[:en:User:Chris19910]] and had a few socks blocked on Meta."
I don't know what to say to this... Does anyone know anything more about this apparent saga? (presumably he was checkuser'd for a reason?)
Mike
[[meta:User:Cometstyles]] has unblocked [[meta:User:ScribblewikiLover]] for the reasons "user running for UK Board, would need it for [[meta:Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_statements#ScribblewikiLover|this]]".
KTC
2008/9/18 Kwan Ting Chan ktc@ktchan.info:
[[meta:User:Cometstyles]] has unblocked [[meta:User:ScribblewikiLover]] for the reasons "user running for UK Board, would need it for [[meta:Wikimedia_UK_v2.0/Candidate_statements#ScribblewikiLover|this]]".
Wheel wars are unseemly. Leave it unless and until he actually vandalises Meta or is socking there or something.
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2008/9/16 James Hardy wikimediauk@weeb.biz:
2008/9/15 Turvey, Andrew Andrew.Turvey@alliance-leicester.co.uk
I suggest a deadline of 13 September so that we're encouraging people to sign up to participate, not just signing up to vote!
Given that the 13th September is three days ago, I would strongly object. I have only just got round to adding my name and would like to participate. It is not even remotely fair to retroactively limit the electorate in the way you suggest. I agree a deadline could be useful, but it should be discussed or at least announced in *advance* of the cut-off date.
FWIW, I've only just realised this isn't the same as the original list of interested parties here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK/People_interested_in_supporting_...
I won't cry myself to sleep at night for not getting to vote, but...
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