[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Board Elections

[Anthere]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 19/09/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>David Gerard wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Would this sort of thinking be why it's almost impossible for someone
>>>from en: to become a steward these days?
> 
> 
>>Do you have facts and names to assert that claim David ?
> 
> 
> 
> This question was answered on the comcom list a month ago, when
> someone asserted stewards from en: were a majority. To quote someone
> else's reply then: "There are 18 active stewards.  Four are from en.
> Four out of eighteen is not a majority.  (For the record, there are
> two from fr, two from nl, and one each from es, no, it, ro, zh, it,
> and ja.)" You participated in the thread in question, so could have
> found the message in question as easily as I just did.
> 
> 
> - d.

I still disagree.

Let me ask it differently.

How not being a majority of a group right now makes it almost impossible 
for someone to join a group ?

Are they rules to prevent that from happening ? Is there a policy to 
create this so-called discrimination ?

Anthere