Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-10 Thread Nathan
Presumably the duties of an election committee don't need to terminate with the end of this election? To the extent that organizing actions can be taken ahead of the next cycle, perhaps they should be appended as the final responsibilities of the committee for this cycle. Set up the new pages, crea

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-10 Thread Ray Saintonge
Philippe Beaudette wrote: > On Aug 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > >> Things started going wrong when the election committee didn't organize >> itself in time. >> > I should point out, though, that the committee does not "organize > itself". It responds to a call from the Boa

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Philippe Beaudette
On Aug 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > Things started going wrong when the election committee didn't organize > itself in time. I should point out, though, that the committee does not "organize itself". It responds to a call from the Board of Trustees. _

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Philippe Beaudette
On Aug 9, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: > Al Tally wrote: >> I don't want to seem rude, as I'm sure it's difficult and I >> understand the >> election committee are volunteers, but why is it that things seem >> to be >> going wrong this year? >> >> > Things started going wrong when t

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Ray Saintonge
Al Tally wrote: > I don't want to seem rude, as I'm sure it's difficult and I understand the > election committee are volunteers, but why is it that things seem to be > going wrong this year? > > Things started going wrong when the election committee didn't organize itself in time. It knew mor

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The things that go wrong are not necessarily the same things that go wrong. Yes things go wrong.. There are more things that could and should have gone differently... Nobody heard the Wikivoices interviews with many of the candidates for instance. Sadly it did not materialise but it could have

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Al Tally
Maybe this is related? http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum#Unable_to_vote_in_trustees_election I don't want to seem rude, as I'm sure it's difficult and I understand the election committee are volunteers, but why is it that things seem to be going wrong this year? -- Alex (User:Major

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Waerth
Chen Minqi wrote: > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Waerth wrote: > > >> According to the wikimedia foundations rules someone whom is blocked is >> not allowed to vote. >> >> > > You are not eligible to vote on nlwp, but on other wikis you may be > eligible, so that is why you received the

Re: [Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Chen Minqi
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Waerth wrote: > According to the wikimedia foundations rules someone whom is blocked is > not allowed to vote. > You are not eligible to vote on nlwp, but on other wikis you may be eligible, so that is why you received the email I guess? [[User:Bencmq]]

[Foundation-l] Board elections email adding insult to injury

2009-08-09 Thread Waerth
I have just received an email that I am elligable to vote in the board elections. While I am inelligeble as I am blocked on the nl.wikipedia since 3 months already. This ads insult to injury. As I was blocked on request of a sockpupeteer whom is now blocked himself together with multiple othe