[Foundation-l] Board elections

[Nathan]

Is there an element of reinventing the wheel involved in this process? It
seems like much of the infrastructure set up last year and in prior years
could be reused, even in terms of rules and processes etc., as long as these
haven't been discredited or improved upon since. Shouldn't the gross volume
of effort required in 2008 be less than that needed in 2007? Or am I totally
missing something?

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) <
newyorkbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/20/08, Philippe Beaudette <philippebeaudette at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Points well taken, both.
> >
> > Not being a candidate was easy.  Not voting... that was a hard decision
> to
> > make.
> >
> > Philippe
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> Agreed, it seems to be a lot of hard work (not that I want to
> > discourage
> > >> anyone here :-)).
> > >> One more point not mentionned: quite obviously, a member of the
> > election
> > >> committee must not be a candidate to the board himself.
> > >>
> > >> Ant
>
>
>
> I served on last year's elections committee and found it a good experience
> in which I was able to learn a lot about the workings of Meta and meet
> some
> fine Wikimedians, as well as contribute some of my expertise.
>
> I do not plan to seek appointment to the elections committee this year
> because of the time commitment I am now making to the English Wikipedia
> Arbitration Committee, but would be very glad to comment on any specific
> issues or questions that may come up or to review drafts of documents when
> they are available.
>
> I strongly reiterate my advice that the members of this year's committee
> should be appointed as soon as possible to avoid the epidemic of
> "last-minute-itis" that characterized last year's procedures and which
> limited our flexibility in decision-making and our ability to consult the
> community.
>
> Newyorkbrad
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