[Foundation-l] Election Results

[Brion Vibber]

On 8/12/09 12:07 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
> While I personally am very pleased with the results, I wonder how the
> election results will be perceived outside Wikimedia.
> With numerous media outlets reacting to PARC's research about the state of
> the community, I fear this endorsement of seemingly "old guard" Wikimedians
> as our Board representation will support claims about the community becoming
> unfriendly to new participants.
> Thoughts? Am I being too nervous, or do others see that potential too?

On the contrary, getting the old guard more active is essential in 
resolving such community issues -- Wikipedia was much more 
newbie-friendly in its first couple of years than it is today, and we 
need to recover that spirit.

-- brion