That could have been a solution, which I believe we lacked to think about sadly.
However, I believe the questions were noted to be sent to some of the candidates, perhaps a good way would be to republish them and ask them to answer on meta ? -- Christophe On 14 April 2014 17:15, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > For organizations that pride themselves on openness and transparency, > being told that WMF Board Trustee candidates have made speeches, been > asked questions and taken part in thoughtful discussion about our > Wikimedia Movement in closed sessions that will remain unpublished, > seems a long way from being open or transparent. > > I feel this could have been easily and cheaply made open, simply by > anyone with a smartphone recording some of the Q&A and putting the > file on Commons. Even poor quality reporting is better than apparent > secrecy. > > Fae > > On 14 April 2014 15:41, Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I just wanted to drop everyone a note about the two sessions in Berlin on >> Sunday morning about the Affiliate Selected Board Seats. >> >> I regret it proved impossible to stream or properly record the Q&A session >> - we did not have appropriate equipment to capture audio. Nevertheless we >> heard speeches from Alice, Frieda and Patricio, the latter taking part >> remotely from Argentina. Unfortunately some nearby church bells started >> ringing during Patricio's speech, but after they fell silent Patricio was >> able to continue. Anders was not able to join in by videocall, but was able >> to answer questions posed to him by email. >> >> I would also like to say a little about the closed discussion session. >> About 40 people attended, including at least one person from most of the >> chapters present and Amical. We also invited User Group representatives to >> participate in the discussion and a number did so. Generally, it was a >> thoughtful discussion about the needs of the WMF Board and the movement. >> >> Everyone is welcome to continue to pose questions on Meta, here: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2014/Questions >> >> A final list of candidates will be announced on or shortly after 15 April >> (tomorrow) and organisations have until 31 May to cast votes. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Chris Keating >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
