On 20 August 2011 22:48, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Philippe Beaudette > <phili...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen < > > cimonav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> So why announce ridiculously unrealistic timeframe between the vote > >> concluding and the results being announced? > >> > >> > > First, I disagree that it's "ridiculously unrealistic". Vote checking > has > > already started and will continue throughout the polling. Second, > hindsight > > is 20/20. I'll tell you that it's a balancing act... we've gotten it > right > > a few times and we've gotten it wrong a few times. It's been years since > > this type of all-projects election was held for anything but a Board of > > Trustees election, and so, yeah, mistakes will be made. But let's just > wait > > and see on the timeframe, shall we? No doubt an extension will have to > > happen, but.... what's the harm? If we take a couple extra days to > announce > > the results, who has been harmed? > > > >' > > Months, not extra days, dude. > Jussi, I have no idea why you think it would take months to carry out due diligence on these votes, or months to release the results. Perhaps you should explain why you think that. Risker/Anne _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
