I'm seriously having doubts why this is becoming such a drama for some people. There's a clear process (the Wikimania committee selects a jury, which selects a winning bid to be confirmed by the WMF) and they asked for volunteers, which they selected a jury from. Yay.
Because lets face it, being on the jury is a boring task and little fun. Why are you (plural) trying so hard to make it even less fun... These are indeed assertions, and I agree to focus on responding to factual questions instead. So again: Thanks for spending all this effort and time! Lodewijk 2014-09-30 14:35 GMT+02:00 Fæ <fae...@gmail.com>: > On 29 September 2014 15:53, Ellie Young <eyo...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > We have a system that works for jury selection. What I would STRONGLY > like to encourage people in the community to do is seek out prospective > people who would be good hosts and work with me on preparing a bid. That > is is our biggest need! The CFP was posted earlier this month. > > Perhaps it would be easier to respond to assertions rather than direct > questions, such as those posted yesterday by Béria. If anyone is aware > of why these assertions are incorrect, perhaps they would be kind > enough to link to where we can see how things work? Note, the > Wikimania jury is not elected, it is selected by the "Wikimania > Steering Committee". > > Assertion: The Steering Committee is not required to be transparent in > its selection criteria. > Assertion: The Steering Committee has no published process or policies.[1] > Assertion: The Steering Committee is directed by WMF employees.[1] > Assertion: At least 5/7 of Wikimania 2016 jury members have been > employees of the WMF or Wikimedia Chapters. > > Links > 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimania_jury > > P.S. "CFP" as used by Ellie, stands for Call for Participation. > > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
