[Wikimedia-l] Why not everyone have the right to vote in the Board & FDC elections?

[phoebe ayers]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Asaf Bartov <abartov at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Itzik Edri <itzik at infra.co.il> wrote:
>
> > I agree. We should limit it to only community members, or to give equal
> > right to everyone.
> >
> > Asaf, you right, but we are talking also about the FDC elections. a
> > processes where we are not granting chapters and others organizations the
> > right to vote but granting to the WMF. Giving only WMF staff, and not
> > chapters staff the right to vote in community process, it's like saying
> the
> > first are part of the community, but the second are not. I don't even
> want
> > to refer to the sensitive issue of the staff voting for their "bosses"..
> >
>
> That's a very good point, and I think the chapter board members and staff
> definitely _should_ be given a voice _at least_ in the FDC elections.  I
> leave it to the Elections Committee to propose solutions.
>

N.B. the discussion page for the election is here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2013

-- phoebe