[Foundation-l] Notice of the results of the WMF Board of Trustees election

[Ray Saintonge]

Dan Rosenthal wrote:

>On Jul 12, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:
>  
>
>>    I agree too that  there should be a limit on the number of
>>endorsements.  The 12 minimum is fine, but the unlimited maximum  
>>created
>>a kind of pre-vote situation that could be used in advance to show how
>>much support a particular candidate might receive
>>    
>>
>While I definitely agree with you on this, it should be noted that  
>the results did not directly reflect the number of endorsements, not  
>in place (i.e. the highest numbers of endorsements did not  
>necessarily equate to the winning of a seat), and not in position  
>(i.e., there were appx. 50 votes difference between several of the  
>places who had significantly differing numbers of endorsements.
>
OK, but not every campaign strategy is successful. :-)

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