Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2008/Candidates/ko

The election ended 21 June 2008. No more votes will be accepted.
The results were announced on 26 June 2008.

2008년도 이사 선거
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Ad Huikeshoven (Dedalus)

상세 정보	Ad Huikeshoven, 2006. 개인 정보: 이름: Ad Huikeshoven 나이: 44 거주 지역: 네덜란드 헤이그 사용 언어: 네덜란드어, 영어 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2005년 2월 1일 주로 활동하는 위키: 네덜란드어 위키백과, 영어 위키백과
성명	Since January 2007 I do serve as a non-board member on the (board) Audit Committee to represent and assist the board in its general oversight of the organisation's accounting and financial reporting processes, audits of the financial statements, and internal control, and audit functions. The organization of WMF is still growing and needs to attract funds, grants and many, many contributions by small donors to cover the ever increasing cost of hosting the websites. The WMF therefore needs to build trust and credibility in, for example, presenting timely financial statements with an unqualified audit opinion to show donors' money is well spent. I graduated in Economics and Business Administration at the University Maastricht (Masters degree) and I am a professional auditor with a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation. I have over ten years professional experience in oversight functions. I care for the long term continuity of the Foundation and its projects, and would be happy to bring my professional experience and experience as Audit Committee member from a community perspective to the full board.

Alex Bakharev

상세 정보	Me, Chiang Mai, 2008 개인 정보: 이름: Alexander S. Bakharev 나이: 44 거주 지역: 오스트레일리아 빅토리아주 멜버른 사용 언어: 영어 (어느 정도는), 러시아어 (모국어) 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2005년 6월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키백과, 위키공용, 러시아어 위키백과
성명	I was born and lived half of my life in Saint Petersburg, Russia. I worked for three years as a postdoc at the University of Illinois and now for almost twelve years in Melbourne, Australia, as a research scientist in an industrial company. I am a wikipedian since Jun 2005, an admin on en-wiki since February 2006 and the author of the AlexNewArtBot bot. What worries me is that the development of Wikipedia appears to be slowing down, perhaps even stagnating. To counter this we have to solve a few problems on the WMF level: We do not retain our best editors, they feel frustrated with conflicts and under-appreciated. Low regard with which wikipedians tend to be held in society at large. We need to communicate how important the project we are working on and how wonderful are our volunteers to the wider community. Many Wikipedians are harassed and stalked for our work here. We need to have a special litigation fund for protection of Wikipedians as well as other possible forms of self-defence. WMF needs more money. I think we should be more proactive in seeking government grants and corporate sponsorship.

Craig Spurrier (Cspurrier)

상세 정보	Me, presenting at Wikimania 2007 개인 정보: 이름: Craig Spurrier 나이: 19 거주 지역: 미국 사우스캐롤라이나주 콜롬비아 사용 언어: En-n, De-2, Fr-1 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2004년 9월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키뉴스, 영어 위키백과, 영어 위키책
성명	Overall, I believe the existing board has done a fairly good job. There are however several areas in which the board could improve. The needs of the sister projects are often forgotten or ignored. I would like to see a greater attention paid to these projects. I believe the board could provide greatly increased support to them without harming Wikipedia. Many users feel underrepresented and are concerned that Wikipedia is the only project the board cares about. As a board member, I would strive to make the community feel its voice is being heard, as well as ensure it is in fact being heard. Other areas for improvement: We need to improve inter-project communication. There is a great deal of redundancy in work between the projects. Closer collaboration would allow us to best use our resources. WMF still has a problem with public image and media relations. More frequent press communications would help combat the extreme media reaction for common occurrences. Closer communications with the sister projects would also help prevent PR issues, like the recent negative media attention regarding Wikinews. I am: a Steward a Bureaucrat, Checkuser, ArbCom member on English Wikinews an Admin on English Wikibooks a Wikinews Accredited Reporter an OTRS representative on Stewards, info-en, and Permissions queues About me: I have BA in Sociology. I work as a computer consultant, specializing in web application development.

Dan Rosenthal (Swatjester)

상세 정보	Picture of me from last year. 개인 정보: 이름: Dan Rosenthal 나이: 25 거주 지역: 미국 워싱턴 DC 사용 언어: 영어. 스페인어랑 이탈리아어는 읽을 줄은 알지만 말할 수는 없음 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2005년 12월 주로 활동하는 위키: 메타위키, 영어 위키백과, 영어 위키대학, la.wikipedia, 위키공용, wikimediafoundation wiki, OTRS wiki
성명	In my time with Wikimedia, I have served as a legal intern for the Wikimedia Foundation, an OTRS representative for the legal, press, and info-en queues, a member of the Communications Committee, a press contact for the United States, and most recently, the creator of the working group for the (still in development) DC chapter. In my capacity working as a representative for the Wikimedia Foundation, I've been interviewed by the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, Congressional Quarterly, and other international media sources. I have served on the board of directors for the Iraq War Veterans Organization. I am a second year law student at American University Law School, on the student Senate, overseeing a budget of around half a million dollars annually. My priorities: Working to bolster the Foundation's public image and media relations Working with members of the community to ensure that the community has a true voice on the board. Working at the board level to assist the fundraising capacity of the foundation. Ensuring that all members of the Wikimedia community, critics and supporters alike, are treated with respect and dignity.

Gregory Kohs (Thekohser)

상세 정보	개인 정보: 이름: Gregory Kohs 나이: 39 거주 지역: 미국 펜실베이니아 사용 언어: 영어 (유창), 독일어 (실용 수준) 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2005년 3월 (User:Thekohser and User:Arise Sir Loin of Beef) 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키인용집, 메타위키, 영어 위키백과
성명	My candidacy is a referendum for three principles. Wikipedia is doing harm with its biographies of living people who have never had a biography about them published on paper. As a Board member, I would advocate new article deletion criteria mirroring Doc glasgow’s The BLP problem essay. Commercially-funded editing and other compensated support activity, when monitored for abuse, naturally and beneficially work in concert with open-source free content. The WMF Board should include all stakeholders, not just the non-paid volunteer community. Linux did not collapse with the commercial attention of Red Hat and IBM. The WMF Board and Staff leadership are crippling projects by failing to take due care and responsibility for them. The past 18 months have seen a series of scandals and public relations blunders. The WMF must halt the strategy of denying wrongdoing and framing critics as "disgruntled" "trolls", and instead return to a mission of achieving accuracy, excellence, and ethics in media. These three issues now damage the Foundation and its projects on a daily basis. Biography: I am married, have one child, work as the Director of Market Research for a Fortune 100 company, and serve on the Board of my local church. Degrees: BA (magna cum laude) from Emory University, MA and C.Phil. from Temple Univ. I enjoy travel, piano, guitar, Detroit pro sports, and tournament poker.

Harel Cain (Harel)

상세 정보	Me, attending the annual Wikipedia conference, Herzliyya, Israel. 개인 정보: 이름: Harel Cain 나이: 29 거주 지역: 이스라엘 예루살렘 사용 언어: 히브리어, 영어, 독일어. 프랑스어 조금. 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2004년 9월 주로 활동하는 위키: 히브리어 위키백과, il.wikimedia, and formerly a bit on yi.wikipedia
성명	I'm a computer security engineer working towards a master's in math, and also a translator of books. I joined the Hebrew Wikipedia more than 3.5 years ago, when it was in its infancy. Over time I got admin, checkuser and then bureaucrat status there. I watched the complex yet fascinating process of a small community evolving into something bigger and less manageable, with all related growing pains. In August 2007 I gave a talk at Wikimania. There I also understood the global aspects of Wikimedia. I was one of the founders of the Israel chapter, and I'm on its control board. I'm very excited about the ways Wikimedian activity can transcend the online world into the real world and how casual readers become active participants in growing communities. If elected to the board, I intend to support: Activities by the board to foster the growth of local communities of editors the world over, even by allocating modest resources to this end. Efforts to reach out to demographic sectors chronically under-represented in WM project, by using novel means such as WM exhibitions. Stricter control by the board over key decisions made by WM employees, esp. hiring of new staff, which seems to be a soft spot. A much better liaison with the press, to try to abate some of the recurring uninformed media hype about the foundation. Strict opposition to paid ads on WM projects unless this is absolutely the last resort before WM goes bankrupt.

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (Cimon Avaro)

상세 정보	Portrait of the candidate, by Jukka Halme. 개인 정보: 이름: Jussi-Ville Heiskanen 나이: 42 거주 지역: 핀란드 헬싱키 사용 언어: 핀란드어, 영어 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2003년 4월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키백과, 핀란드어 위키백과
성명	I've seen the development of Wikimedia including the rise of the Finnish wikipedia barren wasteland to a lively community. I know intimately how hand-me-down policies and features designed for English wikipedia impact a smaller project. I study Library and Information Sciences in a Business School. During the term under election now: Let's shift focus from sustainability to being able to maintain content we can be proud of, and further improving it. Our community & organizational parts are mature. It is time to support bolder technical innovation and allocating resources to it: Improved software that helps us maintain our quality. Make editing intuitive again. Support extensions that enable non-wikipedia projects flourish. Develop the interface localisation extension into a generalized translation tool. We need the right mix of people on the Board, but the process of getting them on it must not distance them from our communities. The problems we face are all of the "good sort", they come from us being so good, so useful, so well known, so active.

Kurt M. Weber (Kmweber)

상세 정보	Atop the fire lookout tower at Martin State Forest in Martin County, Indiana 개인 정보: 이름: Kurt M. Weber 나이: 23 거주 지역: 미국 인디애나주 프린스턴 사용 언어: 영어, 라틴어 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2004년 5월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키백과
성명	Though almost all of my activity has been on the English Wikipedia (with a spurt of activity on English Wikinews in November '05), I have been watching with increasing concern the influence the WMF Board has been exerting over all projects. In the last several months I have become more outspoken about it, to the dismay of many, and giving Mr. Wales a permanent seat on the board was the last straw. The WMF needs the community more than the community needs the Foundation, and I fear the Board has lost sight of that fact over the last couple of years, making itself increasingly independent of, and lording its position over, the various Wikimedia wiki communities. I aim to reverse this trend. As a Board member, I would work towards limiting the role of the Foundation in the Communities to that absolutely necessary to protect the projects from legal liability and to maintain financial security and technical stability. I would also propose to make the Board of Trustees an entirely community-elected entity, eliminating all appointed and permanent seats. The Board should be facilitating the communities, not controlling them. It's time to make that a reality.

Matthew Bisanz (MBisanz)

상세 정보	At FORUM 63 where I presented a paper on aviation patent law 개인 정보: 이름: Matthew Bisanz 나이: 22 거주 지역: 미국 뉴욕 사용 언어: 영어, 스페인어 (기본적인 읽기), 라틴어 (기본적인 읽기) 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2005년 7월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키백과, 메타위키, 위키공용
성명	A life long New Yorker, I am an active admin on en-wiki, a member of the Bot Approvals Group, and have assisted the MedCom, at their request, in formal mediation matters. A recent MBA acct grad, I have worked part time in non-profit orgs, up to the board level, for nearly 3 years, and am preparing to sit for the CPA exam. I also hold a BBA in legal studies, acct & mgt. I see several areas in which I feel I could contribute to the WMF. While Sec 230 may prevent the WMF from becoming more involved in the various communities at the control level I do believe there needs to be greater community involvement at the Foundation level. Concepts such as Q & A with board members in various forums such as Skype, IRC, mailing lists & other relevant forums, should be pursued with vigor. Initiatives such as polling the communities for new projects & ideas on how to spread free culture are doable and should also be pursued. Meta, as the central hub where all 700+ WMF wikis intersect, should have 10x the # of pages it currently has, as active users on all projects should be encouraged to express their views on the direction that WMF should take in its mission encourage the growth and creation of free content. The way I intend to pursue this change is to encourage greater inter-project cooperation, through ideas such as cross-project searches or a reference search similar to the NYT. This would increase the image and activity of all projects positively.

Paul Williams (Skenmy)

상세 정보	Me at Play.com Live! for Wikinews, 2008. 개인 정보: 이름: Paul Williams 나이: 18 거주 지역: 영국 잉글랜드 에섹스 사용 언어: 영어 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2005년 8월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키뉴스, 영어 위키백과, 메타위키
성명	I have a few aims that I wish to accomplish if elected to the Board: Encourage the learning of techniques and methods used to promote and popularise Wikipedia, and use these (wherever appropriate) to promote and popularise sister projects. Promote the inter-working of Wikipedia and its sister projects (transclusion of content, decentralisation from Wikipedia) Reinforce the use of Wikipedia and sister projects as verifiable and trustworthy sources (i.e. in academia) I think that these issues are things that affect the Foundation now that it has reached maturity, and I would be honoured to be a part of the board that progresses the Foundation, and all of its’ projects, no matter how large or small, above and beyond what they are today. I have long been an advocate of decentralisation from Wikipedia, removing content that is not encyclopædic, and focusing this content onto the smaller projects– many of which struggle under the weight of Wikipedia. This has long been a retaining factor on the growth of Wikimedia itself, as well as the growth of smaller projects, and I believe it is time for this to change.

Ray Saintonge (Eclecticology)

상세 정보	개인 정보: 이름: Ray Saintonge 나이: 65 거주 지역: 캐나다 브리티시콜롬비아주 리치몬드 (밴쿠버 교외) 사용 언어: 영어, 프랑스어 (아직 미숙하다고 생각함) 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2002년 2월 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키자료집, 영어 위키백과, 영어 위키낱말사전
성명	I am a semi-retired tax consultant with experience in cross-border tax problems. I have recently been on the executive of the district Parents' Association in a high-performing school district with about 23,000 students. I must leave this because my son is graduating. My book collecting habits are manic, and I am a confessed clutterholic. 저는 위키낱말사전과 위키자료집의 개설에 참가했으며, 총 3번의 위키매니아에 모두 참석했고, 편지 목록에 관한 행정업무를 맡고 있으며, 그 중에서도 특별히 재단 인사 목록을 관리합니다. I believe that the autonomy of each individual project should be respected in all but the most serious circumstances. If a project makes bad decisions, it needs to accept responsibility for its own problems, and not expect the Board's hand of God as a solution. I support the principle of a grass-roots Wikicouncil that can set broad editorial policies, without binding individual projects. I believe that everyone should have the opportunity to edit the projects that interest him without becoming discouraged by arcane technical requirements, keeping in mind the factors responsible for our growth. I believe that community processes should be based on mutual respect, not discipline and punishment. I believe that the chapters should lead the way to a more decentralized structure, where there is more encouragement for local fund-raising and spending.

Ryan Postlethwaite

상세 정보	Ryan Postlethwaite (on the left), 2007 개인 정보: 이름: Ryan Postlethwaite 나이: 22 거주 지역: 영국 맨체스터 사용 언어: 영어, 프랑스어, 독일어 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2006년 10월 주로 활동하는 위키: 메타위키, 영어 위키백과
성명	For all those that don’t know me, I’m Ryan. I’m currently studying an MSc in biomedical and forensic science and I also have a BSc in pharmacology. I’ve been here since October 2006 and an administrator on the English Wikipedia since March 2007. What I’ve found amazing since I’ve been here is the spirit that the community has shown and the willingness to spend huge amounts of time and effort, free of charge, to provide free content to millions of people around the world. What I think the board needs to recognise is that the community makes this project work. I don’t think this always comes across in their resolutions. We need to think long term – funding is okay for the time being, but the board needs to make sure they keep it coming in to make the projects sustainable for the years to come. So, what exactly do I hope to bring to the board? Bring in more community influence to the board. Firstly, by creating more community seats on the board, and secondly by asking the community for more input into foundation issues. Bring in long term, sustainable funding to the foundation so the projects status would be secured for many years, without the need for allowing advertising on our pages. Make more communication with the community. When there’s problems within the boardroom, they should be open with the community about them and open to suggestions.

Samuel Klein (Sj)

상세 정보	In Taipei, August 2007. Credit: Joi 개인 정보: 이름: Samuel Klein 나이: 30 거주 지역: 매사추세츠 케임브리지 사용 언어: En-5, De-2, Es-1, Fr-1 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2004년 1월 주로 활동하는 위키: 메타위키, 영어 위키백과; also nah:wp(a), sw:wp(a), 영어 위키뉴스, 영어 위키책, foundationwiki, wikimania2005/6
성명	Wikimedia's projects have become a model of collaboration throughout the world. As the Foundation grows and faces new obstacles to bringing free knowledge to the world, it should itself be a model for open, scalable organizations. Even the greatest challenges in outreach, communication, and technology, can be overcome by helping match community members with needed solutions. I have contributed to the projects for 4 years – as editor, translator, admin, steward, and conference organizer. I have talked about Wikimedia to classes, conferences, and the press. I started the Meta translators network and the Wikimedia Quarto, a multilingual newsletter I edited with Anthere in 2004-5. I helped run the first two Wikimanias, hosting Wikimania 2006 in Boston. For the past two years, I have served as Director of Community Content for the One Laptop per Child non-profit, sharing knowledge and creative tools with children, teachers and educational initiatives in developing nations. As Board member, I would Represent the community's perspectives to the Board, not my own. This means communicating frequently, holding open meetings, and helping people from every project and language to be involved. Encourage delegation of outreach and community development to chapters. Focus on the needs of our smaller projects, and on improving access to them. Pursue an endowment for long-term stability of the Foundation.

Steve Smith (Sarcasticidealist)

상세 정보	개인 정보: 이름: Steve Smith 나이: 26 거주 지역: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (until August 2008, after which Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) 사용 언어: English, French (formerly fluent, now merely conversational due to atrophy) 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: February 2007 주로 활동하는 위키: 영어 위키백과, 메타위키, 위키공용
성명	I am an administrator at English Wikipedia and a member of the OTRS team, the business manager of a non-profit with revenues in excess of half a million dollars, a former director of three different non-profits, one statutory corporation, and one for-profit corporation, occasionally called upon by these organizations to give presentations on corporate governance, and starting law school in September 2008. I can verify all of the above upon request. If elected, I would advocate for the Foundation-imposed creation of committees in our largest projects, such committees to be empowered to make project-specific policy, elected to finite terms by the community and recallable by same, overrulable by community consensus, authorized to alter their own makeup, and no threat to the Foundation’s Section 230 immunity as a nonpublisher; ensure that the current more rapid growth of expenses than of revenues is merely a symptom of a rapidly growing organization; critically examine the proposed license migration; support the new board structure, except the chapter Trustees ( I would need to learn more to offer an opinion about them); oppose the use of paid advertising on any Wikimedia project.

Ting Chen (Wing)

상세 정보	Wing on Wikimania 2007, Taipei 개인 정보: 이름: Ting Chen 나이: 40 거주 지역: 독일 마인츠 사용 언어: 중국어, 독일어, 영어. 프랑스어 조금. 편집자 정보: 위키미디어에 처음 참가한 때: 2003년 1월 주로 활동하는 위키: 중어 위키백과, 독어 위키백과, 영어 위키백과
성명	저는 상하이에서 태어났고, 중국 북동쪽의 하얼빈 성에서 거주하다가, 스무살에 독일로 이민했습니다. 현재는 마인츠에 거주중이며 IBM에서 프로그래머로서 일하고 있습니다. 위키백과에는 5년 전부터 참여했으며 독일어, 영어, 그리고 중국어 사이에서 많은 문서를 번역하고 편집했으므로 세개의 위키백과 프로젝트가 수년간 어떻게 성장해왔는지, 그 과정과 현재의 상황, 개성, 강점, 그리고 약점을 알고 있습니다. 저는 위키백과 중국의 활동적인 편집가이자 관료로서, 매일 문서의 정리 업무와 공동체간의 대화에 시간을 바쳐왔습니다. 저는 위키마니아 2007 타이베이 주관에도 참여했습니다. 저는 굳고 강하게 위키미디어와 그에 따른 프로젝트들이 개방적이고, 중립적이고, 단순하며, 다채로워야 한다고 믿습니다. 이사에 당선이 된다면, 저는: Support development of the MediaWiki software for enhanced usability. Support measures to attract and retain new editors. Facilitate communications among Wikimedia communities of different projects and locations. Advocate for lingual, cultural and other diversities in the Wikimedia community. Promote collaborations between Wikimedia and universities or other nonprofit/public institutions of education and research (e.g., libraries).

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