Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2014-06-11/Special report

Public votes
My vote in WMES web was public, as everybody's there. So I see no reason why I cannot know what chapters or organizations voted for whom. B25es (talk) 13:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Correct title
Hi Tony, Ichsan Mochtar is the Head of Board of Trustee in Wikimedia Indonesia, our treasurer is Indra Utama. Thanks! Siska.Doviana (talk) 14:18, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Siska. Correcting now. Tony   (talk)  15:25, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

This is part of the overall secrecy of dealing related to chapters
Aff Com is just as opaque, perhaps even more so. Thelmadatter (talk) 15:29, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Informing the chapters
While Tony raised the question of transparency, he did not raise the issue that in an open election with a bit less then 50 voters it would be very important to make sure that all voters equally know all candidates (otherwise a candidate may increase his/her chances by contacting voters in private). It's a pity that the author presents no suggestions on this issue — NickK (talk) 15:41, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

The real issue
I have to agree with the last thing Alice said. The process is opaque (it was once even worse!), but the bigger issue is that it doesn't actually produce better outcomes than a mix of community elections and direct appointments. —Emufarmers(T/C) 23:36, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Typo

 * "Wikimedia Australia appears to be no records of committee meetings since February" - "have"? Wiki at Royal Society John (talk) 14:41, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, John. Was copy-edited before publication by a non-writing editor. Tsk. I get worn out just before publication. Tony   (talk)  15:05, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Clarification on Wikimedia Italia vote
With regards to the statement "The Signpost tried to check the published committee minutes of several other chapters, including Wikimedia Italia, but found that access is blocked to non-members.", I would like to state that WM-IT voting resolution has been published following the standard procedure for all Board's resolutions, i.e. by publishing it on the dedicated members-only namespace on our wiki and on the internal mailing list of the Association. No further measures were deemed necessary by the Board or any member of the Association.

In addition, at least to my personal knowledge, there have been no direct requests from the Signpost to the Association to disclose WM-IT vote. Any such request would have been considered and discussed by the Board, independently from the outcome of such discussion. --Sannita (WM-IT Secretary) 16:46, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe the point was that the vote, which affects the entire Wikimedia movement, is not transparent to them—not that you might release it to us upon request. :-) Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 02:54, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Photo of James Hare
Dear TONY , Please use a more up-to-date photo of James Hare. Here is my suggestion:

My best regards, Gerald Shields
 * Gerald, that pic looks like it was take four years ago, although uploaded this year. Are you sure it's more up to date? Tony   (talk)  12:22, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I can attest that the photograph linked to by Gerald was taken on February 1, 2014. The one currently used in the article is from January 2011. Here is a photo from April 30, 2014. Personally, I have no preference for which photo is used. Harej (talk) 18:52, 30 June 2014 (UTC)