[Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

[Béria Lima]

Well, since the WCA don't plan to represent all the chapters, it would be
good it changed the name to a more suitable representation of the truth
(that would be something like "European Chapters Association" based on the
people present in the last
meeting<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Chapters_Association/Meetings/2013-07>)
to avoid confusion.
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*Béria Lima*

*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a
construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>*


On 25 February 2013 12:21, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj em alk.edu.pl> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Nathan <nawrich em gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The model of voting delegates the casting of votes to members of the
> >  council; which are individuals, chosen by chapters. Purely from a
> > practical perspective, it may not be possible for chapters to get
> > council members in order by the deadline for this vote if they are not
> > already members. Additionally, it's important to distinguish in voting
> > between chapters abstaining and chapters simply not participating.
> > Choosing to be a member, while not exercising a vote, is effectively
> > assent to the outcome. This is not the case for those chapters which
> > have chosen not to join the WCA.
> >
>
> while I agree that in principle WCA should serve the large Wikimedia
> community and its impact should definitely not be limited to members only,
> I believe it is quite dangerous from the point of view of governance to
> separate membership from voting rights. Although  it could make perfect
> sense to accept non-member chapter functionaries as candidates for the
> board/chair/etc., the very right to vote should be reserved to those who
> opt-in. Otherwise the chain of responsibility gets fuzzy, plus what Nathan
> wrote.
>
> best,
>
> dariusz
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