[Foundation-l] Board elections candidacy period time change

[Philippe Beaudette]

Thanks Robert -

You're correct that extending it doesn't do much good if we don't get  
the word out.  Thanks for doing this.

Philippe


On Jul 20, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Robert Rohde wrote:

> Given that CentralNotice still isn't working, I've taken the hopefully
> temporary and short-lived approach of simulating the candidate notice
> using enwiki's local site notice.
>
> Extending the nomination period does little if people don't actually
> know about it.  Philippe has been posting a notice about the extension
> at various community noticeboards, but that will of course be rather
> hit and miss.
>
> At the same time, creating a local site notice on one (or just a few)
> wikis could also be seen as quite hit and miss.  For that reason, I
> wanted to mention this action here in case people wanted to take
> similar steps on other wikis.
>
> Hopefully though some form of CentralNotice will be restored shortly.
>
> -Robert Rohde
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Philippe
> Beaudette<pbeaudette at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>
>> As you may be aware, there is concern that the sitenotices regarding
>> submission of candidacy for the Board of Trustees election were not
>> seen anywhere but Meta after the 11th of this month.  Because of the
>> potentially massive consequence of this, and to encourage a full and
>> active election, the election committee has determined that:
>>
>>        -  Candidacies will be accepted through July 27th at 23:59  
>> (UTC)
>>        -  The period for questioning candidates begins immediately.
>> Candidates that are "late to the party" will, no doubt, be  
>> scrutinized
>> by the community.  The Committee hopes that the community will work  
>> to
>> actively ensure that all candidates receive equivalent questioning.
>>        - The dates of election will not change.  The election will  
>> begin on
>> 28 July and end on 10 August.
>>
>> Please know that we recognize the radical nature of altering the
>> schedule in the midst of the election and would not do it if we did
>> not absolutely believe that there was a possibility that others may  
>> be
>> interested and qualified and may not have known about the key dates.
>>
>> For the committee,
>> Philippe
>>
>> (in my capacity as a volunteer, and not as an employee of the
>> Wikimedia Foundation)
>>
>>
>>
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