User:Arcticocean/WMF2011

The following is a statement of how I will vote in the 2011 elections to the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.

• Claudi Balaguer (Capsot)

  No. Has answered few of the standard questions. And what's all this about sock-puppetry?

• Harel Cain (Harel)

  Yes.

• Ting Chen (Wing)

  Yes, good record in his past term on the Board, and good platform. (Others may disagree; cf. the furore here.)

• William H. DuBay (Bdubay)

  No. Has answered few of the standard questions.

• James Forrester (Jdforrester)

  No. I thought of him as a yes-man when he sat on ArbCom, and many of his question answers demonstrate that this has not changed.

• Lodewijk Gelauff (Effeietsanders)

  No. Very experienced on Wikimedia (was, or is - can't recall, a steward), and has some chapter experience, but I don't think he has the vision to sit on the Board. Definitely wouldn't do any harm, but I think there are better candidates.

• Joan Gomà (Gomà)

  Yes. Has good priorities (especially interface improvements, IRL fundraising network, etc.)

• Samuel Klein (Sj)

  Yes.

• Patricio Lorente (Patricio.lorente)

  Yes. Experienced with chapters.

• Gerard Meijssen (GerardM)

  No. Although his blog is interesting, in my Board I prefer amat victoria curam to rerum coversio—but maybe I'm just unadventurous.

• Tom Morton (ErrantX)

  Yes. From his answers, has good vision.

• Marc-André Pelletier (Coren)

  Yes, I've worked with Coren, so I won't be voting. If I was, I'd support; he has a good platform, aalthough he ought to take a less methodical approach to problems. Per talk page.

• Milos Rancic (Millosh)

  Yes. Experienced with chapters and other WMF things.

• Jane S. Richardson (Dcrjsr)

  Yes.

• Ferdinando Scala (Ferdinando Scala)

  No. Has not answered most or all of the standard questions.

• Mischa Vetere (mvart4u)

  No. Unclear platform, and just been indefinitely blocked on Commons for legal threats and harassment.

• Urs Wäfler (Urs.Waefler)

  No. Has answered few of the standard questions.

• Kat Walsh (mindspillage)

  Kat seems to have been a good board member these past few years, and I am tempted to say no because entrenched members are generally a bad thing, but I think her experience would make her valuable. Yes.

• Esteban Zárate (Ezarate)

  No. Too narrow a platform, so can't tell if he's right for the Board.

Vote preferences

Not realising that the election was using the Schulze method, here are my rankings of the candidate. (I've just voted.) I did not rank the candidates with no number beside their name, and I only ranked candidates who I said "Yes" to above. AGK 22:25, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

• Marc-André Pelletier (Coren) 1
• Joan Gomà (Gomà) 2
• Urs Wäfler (Urs.Waefler)
• Ting Chen (Wing) 2
• Patricio Lorente (Patricio.lorente) 3
• James Forrester (Jdforrester)
• Claudi Balaguer (Capsot)
• Mischa Vetere (mvart4u)
• Milos Rancic (Millosh)
• Ferdinando Scala (Ferdinando Scala)
• Jane S. Richardson (Dcrjsr) 1
• Lodewijk Gelauff (Effeietsanders)
• Tom Morton (ErrantX) 2
• Gerard Meijssen (GerardM)
• William H. DuBay (Bdubay)
• Kat Walsh (mindspillage) 3
• Esteban Zárate (Ezarate)
• Harel Cain (Harel) 1
• Samuel Klein (Sj) 3