[Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread philippe
Information concerning the election rules, candidacy, and suffrage/ voting requirements for the 2009 election to the Board of Trustees is now posted at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2009/en. I have copied it below, but for the wiki-links to work, you will - of course -

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Ting Chen
Hello Philippe, I thought this year three candidates would be elected. Ting philippe wrote: Information concerning the election rules, candidacy, and suffrage/ voting requirements for the 2009 election to the Board of Trustees is now posted at

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread effe iets anders
Hm, that was also the information I got :) Besides that, I personally feel that one week in the middle of the vacation is somewhat short for an internet election. Is there an urgent reason not to have it for two weeks? And good luck to count and confirm the votes within two days time! :o I'd find

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Al Tally
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) newyorkb...@gmail.com wrote: Is an Elections Committee being appointed, or has one been? Newyorkbrad Yes, see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2009/Committee/en#Membership Regards, -- Alex (User:Majorly)

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread philippe
The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and the candidate statements to allow as many people to participate in as many languages as possible. Two weeks would almost guarantee a primarily

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Angela
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:54 AM, philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com wrote: The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and the candidate statements to allow as many people to participate in as many languages as

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread effe iets anders
2009/5/27 Angela bees...@gmail.com: On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 1:54 AM, philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com wrote: The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and the candidate statements to allow as many people to

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread philippe
Ah, OK, sorry for my misunderstanding of the question. Indeed, we had that same discussion amongst the committee. In the end, the vote timing is driven by Wikimania and the need to purchase tickets for the new trustees-designate to get there (at a reasonable price, which usually requires a

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread philippe
I'm certainly not empowered to say yes or no to that on my own, but I'll carry it back to the committee and see what the feeling there is. :-) Philippe ___ philippe On May 27, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) wrote: Would a 10-day period (including two

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread effe iets anders
But last year was earlier :) Not in the very middle of the vacation. Lodewijk 2009/5/27 philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com: Ah, OK, sorry for my misunderstanding of the question. Indeed, we had that same discussion amongst the committee.  In the end, the vote timing is driven by Wikimania and

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
I'm certainly not empowered to say yes or no to that on my own, but I'll carry it back to the committee and see what the feeling there is. :-) That would be very much appreciated. Many of us will be traveling in August. Cheers Yaroslav ___

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Robert Rohde
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:16 AM, philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, OK, sorry for my misunderstanding of the question. Indeed, we had that same discussion amongst the committee.  In the end, the vote timing is driven by Wikimania and the need to purchase tickets for the new

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Robert Rohde
Have you discussed software requirements with developers? I'm not sure the new SecurePoll software is yet set up to allow for preferential voting (either on the input side or the tallying side). Also, we had a number of problems with tallying [1]. Some of which was a result of essentially

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread philippe
My understanding is that SecurePoll can handle the type of vote we're dealing with, but I'll certainly double-check based on your comments. Thanks for the heads-up. ___ philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com Administrator, OTRS Volunteer [[en:User:Philippe]] On May 27, 2009, at

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread philippe
I have checked and can confirm that we are dealing with THREE seats. It was a cut/paste error (from last year's document to this year's), for which I take full responsibility. I'm updating the documentation now. :-) Philippe ___ Philippe Beaudette

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi,SecurePoll is being localised at translatewiki.net. At this moment there are 35 languages ready for this vote and for 65 languages there is some localisation. Please check out if your community will be enabled by the software to vote. Thanks, GerardM ar العربية 100.00% 0.00% be-tarask

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, The numbers do not read that well. Try this in stead.. http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Temp Thanks, GerardM 2009/5/27 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com Hoi,SecurePoll is being localised at translatewiki.net. At this moment there are 35 languages ready for this vote and for 65

Re: [Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

2009-05-27 Thread Ray Saintonge
Robert Rohde wrote: On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:16 AM, philippe philippe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, OK, sorry for my misunderstanding of the question. Indeed, we had that same discussion amongst the committee. In the end, the vote timing is driven by Wikimania and the need to purchase