Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2009/Candidates/el
Τα αποτελέσματα ανακοινώθηκαν στις 12 Αυγούστου 2009.
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| 2009 Εκλογές Συμβουλίου |
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Adam Koenigsberg (CastAStone)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | BA: The College of Wooster MBA Candidate: The Ohio State University, business marketing Listening and collaborating to reach common ground on difficult and time consuming issues, because there’s something more important at stake than our egos. This is what I learned in my five years of not-for-profit board experience, and my internship in the United States Senate. My experience managing political campaigns gifted me the ability to raise funds without selling out principles, something needed by Wikimedia right now. These experiences, combined with my MBA, have given me the ability to inform the difficult decisions the board faces, utilizing my training in marketing and finance. Wikimedia to me means bringing the world knowledge through Accuracy, Openness, and Civility. I look forward to listening to everyone over the next two years, and working to uphold these ideals. Please select me as a trustee for 2009-2011. I will not only meet, but exceed your expectations. |
Beauford Anton Stenberg (B9 hummingbird hovering)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | I am focussed on the mapping, capture and continuity of the human knowledge(s) in their entirety thus embodied in the Foundation and its projects and would be delighted to bring my professional administrative acumen and humble living experience into play within the Board. I identify politically within the Foundation as an inclusionist. Please contact me for clarification directly through one of these channels:
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Brady Brim-DeForest (Bradybd)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | As a Trustee, I will be an advocate of open, transparent dialogue with the community and will strive to serve as both its voice and its messenger.
Specifically, I will:
I have an extensive background in non-profit management and board experience that spans both the non-profit and for-profit worlds. Outside Wikimedia: I work at Tubefilter. I am an active participant in the DataPortability Project, where I have served as a member of the Steering Group and Treasurer of the Board since early 2008. I am a member and Secretary of the Open Web Foundation, a member of the OpenID Foundation, and a co-founder of the OpenFriends Project. I also lead efforts at Open Soil to create an open source model for seed licensing. |
Dan Rosenthal (Swatjester)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | I believe that I have the expertise and experience necessary to serve on the WMF Board of Trustees. I’m a member of the WMF Communications Committee, a Press Contact for the foundation, and an OTRS Legal Queue representative. I’m also active in the WMF community offline, having attended several Wikimeetings, and headed up the Wikipedia Loves Art event in Washington, DC. I’m a clinical student attorney with the Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Clinic and will be receiving my J.D. in May from American University, a top tier law school. I have national non-profit board experience, and have overseen a three-quarters of a million dollar budget.
I’ve met the office staff numerous times and they’re fantastic, talented, dedicated people; I firmly believe that it is not the board’s place to interfere with their day to day efforts, but to guide and oversee the Foundation as a whole. I believe I can help to do this by developing strategic partnerships with like-minded organizations. To that end I’ve helped develop a relationship with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which has culminated in an agreement to release a large portion of their digitized collection for upload to Commons. |
Domas Mituzas (Midom)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | Έχω εργαστεί στον πυρήνα της τεχνολογίας και των λειτουργιών της ιστοσελίδας από το 2004, και έγινα μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου του WMF τον Ιανουάριο του 2008 - έτσι συμμετείχα στην εξέλιξη της τεχνολογίας και της οργάνωσης σε βάθος χρόνου.
Βλέπω το Ίδρυμα Wikimedia ως μια υπηρεσία οργάνωσης, η οποία βοηθά τις κοινότητες με τα σχέδια, και συντηρεί τις υποδομές για τη δημιουργικότητα και τη συνεργασία - παρέχοντας νομική εργασία, περιβάλλον, επικοινωνία και, βεβαίως, η ελεύθερη περιεχόμενο τεχνολογίας. Η οργάνωση από μόνη της, είναι και θα έπρεπε να είναι, λόγω του μοντέλου χρηματοδότησης, η συνεχής εξασφάλιση υψηλής απόδοσης, και πάντα θα είναι έτοιμη να ισορροπεί μεταξύ των αναγκών, των επιθυμιών και των δυνατοτήτων τους. Θα ήθελα να αντιπροσωπεύω μια πολύ μεγαλύτερη κοινότητα, κι όχι μόνο συνεισφέροντες που ασκούν τα εκλογικά τους δικαιώματα. Υπάρχει ένα ευρύ κοινό από μη συνεισφέροντες χρήστες, που έχουν τις ανάγκες τους, και για αυτές τις ανάγκες εμείς δουλεύουμε ή θα έπρεπε να δουλεύουμε. Υπάρχουν υποστηρικτές του έργου μας και της αποστολής μας, και θα πρέπει να τους βοηθήσουμε. Αυτή η οργάνωση είναι απλά ένα μέρος ενός σπουδαίου κινήματος, που έχει τμήματα, αδερφικές οργανώσεις και όλους τους εθελοντές - και είναι σημαντικό να την κατευθύνουμε, ώστε να διατηρήσει την πιο βιώσιμη ισορροπία, σιγουρεύοντας την διαθεσιμότητα του ελεύθερου περιεχομένου για τις ερχόμενες ηλικίες - δυναμώνοντας μεταξύ τους. |
Gerard Meijssen (GerardM)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | I have been involved in many projects, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Commons, translatewiki.net and I learned that a lack of technology, a lack or support and a lack of organisation hamper our projects. I am a firm believer in "putting your money where your mouth is" and I have invested in technology like OmegaWiki, the LocalisationUpdate extension and the proof of concept for a multilingual search for Commons. I will seek resources to realise with priority the missing functionality needed to properly support our existing languages and projects.
As a result of my advocacy for the support for the languages other then English, I became part of the language committee, a member of the World Language Documentation Centre. As a result of my interest in quality illustrations for our projects I promote digital restorations and I am instrumental in good relations with several Dutch GLAM. As a board member, I will seek to balance the needs of the other languages and cultures. I strongly believe that there is this Wikimedia movement and, in my experience we need to partner with organisations that share our values. Together we will realise our aim; to share the sum of all knowledge with everyone. |
Gregory Kohs (Thekohser)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | I have an agenda to lift the accountability, professionalism, and excellence of the Wikimedia projects' leadership and content. I am a marketing research practitioner at a Fortune 100 media and communications company employing approximately 100,000 people. I have also played instrumental roles in launching several Internet brands, including MyWikiBiz.com and Akahele.org (the output of a non-profit corporation). I serve on the Boards of two different non-profit organizations. I'm happily married (sorry, gals) and I have one highly exuberant daughter.
I firmly believe that the WMF Board of Trustees is in need of a good shake-up, as it is engineering the growth of the Wikimedia properties, staff, and budgets with alarming speed, while doing almost nothing to curb the culture of unaccountability, lack of professionalism, and sub-average content quality. The "Wiki Way" was paved with good intentions, but lately harm to individuals and embarrassing disrepute seem to be more frequently ruling the day; so, it is time to step up and start making the hard decisions needed to save the Wikimedia projects from destroying themselves. |
José Gustavo Góngora (Góngora)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | As an English linguistics student who respects plurality, I consider myself suitable for taking this task and communicating with other people internationally. I study at UNED, a distance learning university. For this reason, I can organize my time and, if elected, participate in board duties.
Furthermore, I have been involved with the Spanish Arbitration Committee (aka CRC) during one year. I am also an administrator and bureaucrat since 2007. Apart from that, I am currently a checkuser on the Catalan wikipedia project, from where I am also preparing a talk that will take place in Wikimania 2009, in Argentina, next August. I have been able to earn the community confidence in those projects. In other words, I feel highly committed with Wikimedia projects and principles. As an experienced translator, who has attended and organized several wiki-meetings, with more than 100 articles translated, I feel myself able to translate Wikimedia policy if necessary. I have promoted Wikimedia projects worldwide in countries such as Uruguay, Spain or Andorra, in several interviews with the Media. I would like to keep on doing my job by assuming this responsibility from now onwards. |
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (Cimon Avaro)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | You should vote for me if you agree that:
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Kat Walsh (mindspillage)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | I have been a WMF board member since October '06. I will finish my JD this year at George Mason, focusing on copyright, patent, trademark, policy, and economics, and have been an editor of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy. I am also a registered patent agent and a classical musician.
I see my role thus far as a "conscience", helping keep the board focused on Wikimedia's core values and principles: freedom, openness, neutrality, transparency, collaboration. I have a commitment to and understanding of free content and free software, the communities around them, and their ideals, goals, and practical aspects. I think it's also important to stand back and encourage independent community action, growth, and experimentation. I see the board as working on a big-picture level, creating a framework for decentralized community effort, and thinking both on the short term and the very, very long term. Some key projects I have been involved with include the license transition, licensing policy, patents/file formats, staff search/hiring/evaluation, subnational chapters, board restructuring, and the development of a professional office compliant with good nonprofit practices. |
Kevin Riley O'Keeffe (KevinOKeeffe)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | Since I have become active at Wikipedia, I have noted that while every single episode of South Park has its own article, numerous topics which are of interest and genuine intellectual concern to those of us on the far right, have been treated with apparent disdain, and have been subjected to seemingly arbitrary deletion. It often seems to me as if articles that are of interest to persons on the political right, are held to a significantly higher standard, for the purposes of achieving notability.
My candidacy is derived from my concerns pertaining to the issue of freedom of speech, or perhaps more precisely, the objectivity of the administration of the WikiMedia Foundation's various projects, with particular emphasis on what I have come to perceive as a liberal-leftist bias ("political correctness") with regard to the administration of Wikipedia. I do not claim this is a huge problem. On the contrary, I have a very high regard for Wikipedia, as well as for the Wikimedia Foundation's efforts as a whole. However, my experiences at Wikipedia, as well as what I have learned in conversations with various others who have had similar experiences, have led me to conclude that this has become an issue that requires redress, and thus is one that can perhaps be best dealt with by having a sympathetic ear on the Board of Directors of the WikiMedia Foundation. |
Lourie Pieterse (LouriePieterse)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | After I finish high-school next year, I intend to pursue an Honours Degree in nuclear physics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. I am a committed team player, but confident in taking the lead when required. I am determined, organised, and hard working. I have made significant contributions to the English Wikipedia, having both “Rollback” and “Account creator” rights. I also collaborate on Spotlight.
I truly believe that I would make a great trustee. Although I am young, I am capable and mature. By striving for the impossible I always achieve the possible. Being on the board would give me the opportunity to make a significant difference. My main goal is to get South Africa, but also Africa, to become more involved with the Wikimedia Foundation. This would bring financial support, increased involvement, and help the Foundation to expand into largely untapped geographical regions. Being part of the Board of Trustees is one of my greatest dreams. By becoming a trustee, I could help the Foundation expand in untapped geographical regions. I am not seeking prestige or power; I would be highly motivated knowing that I could help achieve the Foundation's goals. So please, do not pre-judge me. I have what it takes. |
Ralph Potdevin (Aruspice)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | As an engineer, currently unemployed, and a former student in computer sciences, cognitive science and electr(on)ical engineering, I think I have the skills required to imply in WM and the Wikipedias in particular. I appreciate and support the seriousness, independency, democracy and open-mindedness of Wikipedias. I regularly improve the French Wikipedia, essentially, by correcting typos, changing bad syntax into good and the like, and participating in the redaction of articles. I intervene in discussions and votes on page suppressions and so on. I'm doing my best to continuously continuing to learn wiki syntax and thus making more efficient contributions. I would be very glad to go on that way in the coming months, as a community member and why not as a board member. |
Steve Smith (Sarcasticidealist)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | My name is Steve Smith, and I am a law student from Canada. I am a former business manager for a non-profit with annual revenues in excess of half a million dollars and a former director of three different non-profit corporations and one for-profit. While this 1200 character limit is awfully restrictive, my platform is as follows:
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Thomas Braun (Redlinux)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | Για εμένα: 47, (οικογένεια, 3 παιδιά) και εργάζομαι ως ειδικός στην παθολογία , αθλητιατρική και ως ανώτερος γιατρός έκτακτων περιστατικών σε αγροτική περιοχή της Βαυαρίας. Ένα μεγάλο τμήμα του υπόλοιπου χρόνου μου, δουλεύω για την Wikipedia, επειδή γνωρίζω ότι ένα όραμα ζεί μόνο από τους ανθρώπους που δουλέυουν για αυτό.
Το γεγονός ότι η Wikipedia δεν είναι απλά μία κενοτομία αλλά ένα όραμα, δεν είναι μυστικό. ... και πόσο μάλιστα για ένα όραμα που "πετά" έως τώρα. Επιπρόσθετα, το wiki πέτυχε όχι απλά τον ορισμό, αλλά επίσης και την εφαρμογή διακρατικών ιδανικών και αξίων. Μερικές wiki-εργασίες πηγαίνουν πολύ καλά, άλλες πιο διστακτικά. Ένα όραμα, λοιπόν, δεν είναι αυτοπροωθούμενο, αλλά χρειάζεται συνεπή στήριξη και στόχους. Αυτό που πραγματικά χρειάζεται, κανείς δεν το γνωρίζει καλύτερα απο την ίδια την κοινότητα, γι' αυτό (στην περίπτωση που θα επιλεγώ) θα είμαι ένα μέλος του διοικητικού συμβουλίου "σε επαφή" - το οποίο θα προσπαθεί να πραγματοποιεί τις ιδέες σας (και όχι μόνο τις δικές του). Έχω μερική εμπειρία στην διοίκηση εθελοντικών οργανώσεων (αν και όχι σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο ☺). Θα ήταν μεγάλη τιμή για μένα να μου επιτραπεί να εκπροσωπήσω τα συμφέροντά σας στο Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο. |
Samuel Klein (Sj)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | Το Wikimedia θα έπρεπε να είναι ένα μοντέλο για ανοιχτούς, κλιμακωτούς οργανισμούς.
Ως μέλος της Επιτροπής, θα ήμουν μια δυνατή φωνή της κοινότητας, επικοινωνώντας συχνά για τις δραστηριότητες της Επιτροπής, κανονίζοντας ανοιχτές συνεδριάσεις και ζητώντας την τοποθέτηση του κοινού. Υποστηρίζω την εξελισσόμενη ειδίκευση μέσα στην κοινότητα. Επίσης θα:
Εκτός του Wikimedia: Εδώ και 3 χρόνια είμαι διευθυντής περεχομένου στο Ένα Λάπτοπ για κάθε Παιδί (One Laptop per Child), δουλεύοντας πάνω σε τοπικές συνεργασίες για δωρεάν διανομή περιεχομενου. |
Ting Chen (Wing)[edit]
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| Δήλωση | I was elected as a board member last year. In the past year I have actively worked on various resolutions and topics on the board, including the resolution about BLP, the change of licensing policy just to name the two most prominant ones. I am on the board nomination committee and am one of the board representative on the Chapters Committee. Last autumn I was with Jimmy Wales in Beijing, China to explain our work, mission and goal to chinese officials and to persuade them keep Wikimedia projects unblocked after the Olympic Games. I see it as my duty to keep the community informed about what the board and the Foundation is doing, thinking and planning and to relay the opinions of the community back to the board and the Foundation. Despite my job, my work on the board and other things in my life I had kept my promise to remain a community member, take part in discussion as a community member about different and controvertial topics and keep my work on Wikipedia: Since my election I had created numerous new articles on zh-wp or had inproved them from stubs to normal articles. I had kept my administrative work in cleaning up copyvio texts or images, in helping SUL requests. I would like to keep all these works also in the next two years, as a community member and as a board member. |