Indeed only two or three candidates were present in Berlin (unfortunately
we were not allowed to join, not even at our own expense). It would become
quite problematic if 40 organisations would all want to chat for an hour -
but at the same time, I do believe in being approachable. I'm more than
happy to chat with anyone who wants to, if the agenda permits. Now, and
through the year. Chapter or no chapter. If you think a chat will give you
something helpful (insight or whatever), just schedule something! Be bold.
Best,
Lodewijk
2016-05-03 19:30 GMT+02:00 Ilya Korniyko <intracer(a)gmail.com>om>:
Dear Sam,
dear all,
It was mainly my idea that we decided to talk to all candidates.
I was under impression that we would have the opportunity to talk with all
candidates in Berlin.
I did get the reasoning that it would be too expensive to do it (in fact,
all you have to do to get to WMCON is to apply for BoT and be endorsed by
some chapter), but I really wanted to make the decision at least fairly...
If we are not interested in people who may be our future members of WMF
Board, how can we expect that they are interested in us?
There are some excellent people nominating themselves, asking for our trust
that they can do better,
but we do not know them at all. And if we are voting only based on our
personal connections, we would always vote for the same people. I thought
it was wrong.
We have struggled to find the balance between talking to people via
skype/hangouts and not doing that.
And this is the best solution we came up with.
Maybe if I did not have the idea that we are going to have all candidates
present during WMCON,
I would try to do something else... But I did have that impression.
We understand the difficulties of the process we decided to follow. I
understand the concerns.
But some crucial things about the candidates you can learn only in such a
way:
- are they willing to communicate with affiliates?
- how they answer in real life?
- how clearly they explain their thoughts?
etc.
And even the level of English is important. These people are going to
represent (to some extent) our movement.
Best regards,
Ilya / ILLIA KORNIIKO
Chair
Wikimedia Ukraine
З повагою,
Ілля Корнійко
Голова Правління ГО «Вікімедіа Україна»
+38 067 65 66 177
http://ua.wikimedia.org
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Sam Klein <sjklein(a)hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 11:52 AM, attolippip
<attolippip(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
JFYI, Wikimedia Ukraine has not voted yet, as we wanted to talk to the
candidates via skype/hangouts before making the final decision [1] [2]
[3]
[4] [5] [6]
And during Wikimedia Conference we had a chance to talk only to three
people.
Does this mean that each candidate is expected to have 40 different 1-hr
Skype chats, one with each chapthorg? That sounds grueling. I thought
the
value of public questions was that candidates
could answer once instead
of
40 times.
Sam
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