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The Signpost Dozen
[edit]The Signpost recently asked 12 questions of the candidates. My answers:
- How did you become involved with the Wikimedia community? What contributions are you most proud of?
- What do you see as the role of the Board?
- What would you bring to the board that it currently lacks?
- What specific goals would you have as a trustee?
- What are the key elements you would like to see prioritized in Wikimedia's strategy?
- What do you think the Wikimedia Foundation isn't doing that it should be? What is it doing that it shouldn't be?
- The English Wikipedia community is concerned with project governance...
- What sorts of partnerships should the Foundation pursue?
- What is your view of the current financial plan?
- What role do chapters play in your vision for Wikimedia?
- How does the Advisory Board fit into your strategic vision for Wikimedia?
- You've run unsuccessfully for the Board of Trustees before. What has changed?
Candidate questions from Meta
[edit]These are questions asked to all of the candidates.
1 Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions 2 Ads? 3 Fundraising increase 4 Spending increase 5 Paid editing 6 Functions of the Foundation 7 Chapters 8 Age restrictions 9 One more about Foundation income 10 Censorship & Suppression of information 11 Sexual content on WMF 12 Chapter-foundation relationship 13 Usability projects 14 Privacy policy 15 Licensing and Terms of use 16 Wikimedia chapters' legitimacy and power 17 Board-level restrictions of private information disclosure 18 What will you do about the WMF mishandling it's funding?
Wikipedia 10 Meeting on January 22, 2011?
[edit]I'm attending the second Wikipedia 10 Meeting on January 22, 2010 and I was wondering if you've decided on a more precise location in Harvard Square? You can contact me at my email SalemStar2002@yahoo.com if you'd like.
Thank you for your time!