[Wikimedia-l] Info: Election for WCA Chairperson

[Katherine Casey]

Seconding Béria here - by common sense, a group called the "Wikimedia
Chapters Association" would represent the Wikimedia chapters. If it only
exists to represent "Wikimedia chapters that sign on to ideas X and Y, and
pledge Z, and attend meeting Q", then the name ought to be more
representative of that - "Biggest Wikimedia Chapters Association", or
"Wikimedia Europe", or "Wikimedia Chapter Politics Interest Group"...

-Fluffernutter

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> _____
> *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 at alk.edu.pl> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Nathan <nawrich at 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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