Wikipedia:WikiProject Java/Coordinator

= Coordinator election =

''' An election has been proposed and has been set up for this project. '''

If you wish to stand, enter your candidacy below, ideally before the end of May and ask your questions of anyone already standing. Voting will start on 1 June and close 30 June. The intention is for the appointments to last from July to June (of next year).

Results
Please put results here in July - First place IS the Coordinator:

Responsibilities
The primary responsibility of the project coordinators is the maintenance and housekeeping work involved in keeping the project and its internal processes running smoothly; this includes a variety of tasks, such as keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is fairly little involved that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course—in only a few places have the coordinators been explicitly written into a process—but, since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, it has proven beneficial to formally delegate responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group.

The coordinators also have several additional roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. They also try to regularly contribute to the reviews involving Java-related articles, looking out in particular for reviews which require additional voices. In addition, they have highly informal roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to informally resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive. The coordinators are not, however, a body for formal dispute resolution; serious disputes should be addressed through the normal dispute resolution process.

Selection
Coordinators are elected by a simple approval vote, held every 12 months. Any editor with membership in WikiProject Java and with ideally at least 500 edits by the announcement of the election may be a candidate. This includes current coordinators, who may be re-elected without limit. The latest election process consisted of a month sign-up period and a month voting period, but these times—as well as all other details of the elections—are subject to change at any time, provided that a consensus to do so exists within the project.

Co-opting members into coordinators may also be done at the discretion of the coordinators, but should be expected to be used on a limited basis to replace those unlikely to return, fill empty seats, cover long-term absences, or help the coordinators continue to work efficiently if they feel otherwise understaffed.

History
Dates /  People 2009 - June 2010 /  Alainr345 (informal coordinator for the startup phase of the project) ...

= Current election =

Nominees should add this boilerplate at the end of the page by the start of the election.

The election will be conducted using simple approval voting. Any member of the project may support as many of the candidates as they wish. The candidate with the highest number of endorsements will become the Coordinator.