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B O A R D E L E C T I O N S 2 0 0 9 (Vote: July 28 - August 10)
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[edit] The Signpost Dozen
The Signpost recently asked 12 questions of the candidates. My answers:
- How did you become involved with the Wikimedia community? What contributions are you most proud of?
- What do you see as the role of the Board?
- What would you bring to the board that it currently lacks?
- What specific goals would you have as a trustee?
- What are the key elements you would like to see prioritized in Wikimedia's strategy?
- What do you think the Wikimedia Foundation isn't doing that it should be? What is it doing that it shouldn't be?
- The English Wikipedia community is concerned with project governance...
- What sorts of partnerships should the Foundation pursue?
- What is your view of the current financial plan?
- What role do chapters play in your vision for Wikimedia?
- How does the Advisory Board fit into your strategic vision for Wikimedia?
- You've run unsuccessfully for the Board of Trustees before. What has changed?
[edit] Candidate questions from Meta
These are questions asked to all of the candidates.
- Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
- Ads?
- Fundraising increase
- Spending increase
- Paid editing
- Functions of the Foundation
- Chapters
- Age restrictions
- One more about Foundation income
- Censorship & Suppression of information
- Sexual content on WMF
- Chapter-foundation relationship
- Usability projects
- Privacy policy
- Licensing and Terms of use
- Wikimedia chapters' legitimacy and power
- Board-level restrictions of private information disclosure
- What will you do about the WMF mishandling it's funding?
- Board - Staff
- Events and outreach
- Foundation Endowment
- "Office actions" and BLP issues