[Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

[Jan-Bart de Vreede]

So I would not dare speak for the specific chapters, but I gather some of them did not want to join simply because they did not like the membership model. So it might be good to open things up the other way around :)

Jan-Bart

On Feb 24, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> If chapters won't to be involved, why don't they join? I don't think there
> is even a plan to charge membership fees yet, so what have they got to lose?
> On Feb 25, 2013 12:35 AM, "Jan-Bart de Vreede" <jdevreede at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Not to be incredibly mean about this, but how about giving a vote to all
>> chapters approved by the AffCom, rather than just the members? I know you
>> are looking at the membership model and trying to see if it will work for
>> you, but this sort of limits your options and perpetuates the feeling that
>> you are not representing cooperation between ALL the chapters...
>> 
>> Jan-Bart
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 24, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Fae <faewik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> The schedule of election for the Chapters Association Council Chair
>>> has been announced at
>>> <
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Elections/2013_Chair
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The schedule is:
>>>   Nominations open midnight (UTC) on Monday 25 February 2013.
>>>   Nominations close midnight on Monday 4 March 2013 and voting is
>> opened.
>>>   Voting closes midnight Monday 11 March 2013.
>>> 
>>> Note that all 21 Council members will be eligible to vote, including
>>> those that stand for election. In a heavily contested election,
>>> expecting nominated candidates to refrain from voting would not be
>>> workable.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Fae
>>> --
>>> Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) faewik at gmail.com
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