Thanks for the pointer, Fae. The only one of the candidates I know is Alice; I've never even heard of the rest. I suspect that's not atypical, which might be why we're not seeing a groundswell of opinion.
To be honest, I tend to think that life's too short for movement politics. You'd struggle to convince the average Wikipedian of its relevance to the day-to-day
running of the projects.
Do you know the other candidates? Do you have an opinion on any of them?
On Tuesday, 8 April 2014, 13:45, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com> wrote:
Wikimedia UK has currently not endorsed any candidate for the two Chapter affiliate seats on the WMF Board of Trustees. Neither has any UK candidate stepped forward.
Does anyone have views to share on this list for which candidate they feel would best represent the interests of our volunteers? There is around a week left and Michael Maggs (the UK Chairman) has stated
that the chapter might endorse a candidate if there were a "groundswell of opinion".
The candidates are: * Frieda Brioschi * Mallory Knodel * Patricio Lorente * Anders Wennersten * Alice Wiegand
I am a bit disappointed there have not been more candidates (dropping from 8 in 2012 to 5 this year). The "chapters movement" (and the GLAM programme) would be best served by strong competition for these positions.