[16:49:33] We will start the discussion with the candidates in 10 minutes [17:04:30] matanya, has it started? [17:04:37] yes [17:04:49] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AhwrJ9qcgc [17:08:00] greeting fellow voters! [17:08:19] Greetings Pharos :) [17:10:45] this is so exciting [17:11:06] the first Wikimedia elections TV debate :D [17:12:03] we should have a "lightning round" [17:12:25] where we vote on which candidate to strike with lightning? [17:13:09] certainly, based on their responses to quic questions [17:13:30] with more time notice, we should have had public watch parties [17:20:11] we could, coudlnt' we [17:20:20] oh dear [17:21:33] i'm ready to reply to questions... Perhaps not to everyone's liking :))) [17:22:43] will there be questions and answers in the livestream today? [17:22:55] it should be [17:23:03] i suppose you should start asking questions now [17:23:33] I am accpecting questions now [17:23:45] just type them here [17:23:51] I like that María put "Python" as one of her languages on the candidates page ;-) [17:24:33] ^^ [17:26:24] generalizing on Yuri's comment: is there a candidate you would encourage people to choose if they would have to choose between them and you? [17:27:34] got it [17:28:13] hi [17:28:22] (are questions supposed to come through IRC or the youtube live chat? or either one?) [17:28:57] either [17:30:03] what types of resources (technical, social, financial, or training) should the WMF support for community members that are not being supported now? [17:30:27] Matanya: What experience do you have in being an employer? What is your understanding about a Trustee's role as an employee? [17:30:34] sorry correction [17:30:34] what types of WMF spending are most effective, and what types are not? [17:30:40] Is there a time limit on these responses? I'm concerned about everyone getting equal time (unless this is to be a three-hour-long livestream ;-) ) [17:30:49] 10 mins per candidate total [17:30:50] got those [17:30:56] matanya: corrected version - What experience do you have in being an employer? What is your understanding about a Trustee's role as an employer? [17:31:05] Candidates varied between 90 secs and 5.5 minutes in their intros [17:31:14] * funcrunch nods [17:31:31] Why should someone care to vote in this election (question at the nl.wp Village Pump) [17:33:35] funcrunch: Matany[a] is keeping track of each candidate on a separate stop watch thing (yay websites) to keep them down [17:33:56] * funcrunch nods [17:34:41] so, everyone gets the same questions? [17:36:03] here's another question: how do we encourage more candidates next time? :) [17:37:01] I miss the SIgnpost :-( Hope it gets revived soon [17:37:49] ouch, i hope community doesn't get burnt (being a fuel and all) [17:38:43] pharos, we would have to have primaries ;) [17:38:49] maybe next time ask any question to two random candidates, rather than everyone [17:39:12] lol [17:39:27] yep, and if you are very lucky, you don't get to speak at all! [17:39:28] one expermient at the time [17:40:15] nah, chaos is what made us successful ;) [17:47:16] Question : With the complicated relation with China, India ends up being the largest region for growth, in terms of Wikimedia activities; from both readership and editor growth perspectives. The country has 20 active language communities and hundreds of currently active editors. However, in terms of resources and focus, India seems to be abysmally behind the [17:47:16] focus on the Global North. Specifically what are your opinions on how to improve this? And in general terms, what can the Board and WMF do to improve the focus towards other Global South regions? [17:48:36] ^Second that [17:48:53] +1 to Phoebe's question, btw [17:56:19] Question: What are your thoughts on the current processes for an affiliate in relation to transparency? Specifically how are your views about the transparency in AffCom and simple APG grant processes? [17:59:15] Fairly broad question: Should the WMF try to be more unobtrusive? [18:01:39] vive la france! [18:03:17] unrelated to WMF elections: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/07/world/europe/france-election-results-maps.html [18:03:38] ty [18:04:11] allez macron! [18:21:06] yay! [18:21:37] (I reluctantly agree it may perhaps be as important as the WMF Board elections) [18:23:05] it is a sad day for France, amidst the relief. [18:23:09] haha. [18:25:12] this is the lightning round! [18:31:09] thanks matanya et al [18:31:11] thank you candidates! [18:31:43] Apologize for those i did not have time to present your questions [18:32:10] this was very good for the first time [18:32:53] for the next elections there will be experience for the events like this one [18:34:52] AYe, I think all things considered this went very well, thank you to matanya and all the candidates for joining at such short notice [18:36:10] The video is processing now so that it can be available ( it's currently unlisted but the link works, I'll make it public as well) Once I have a chance too (either later today or tomorrow at work) I'll work to edit it and add whose speaking when as well [18:36:30] (if anyone wants to add translations for the subject/description let me know I can add those in manually) [18:39:53] really good job, everyone, thanks! [18:40:13] Funny how the board election repeats history of the real world - at first it was based on what people write, now it is based on how well they speak and look [18:44:04] Jamesofur, do you realize that NY times uses the same tech as graph extension? [18:44:32] AFAIK, they actually hired the guy who developed D3 [18:44:32] D3: test - ignore - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/D3 [18:44:49] * yurik ignores silly bot [18:53:16] yurik: I did not! interesting [18:54:09] and in the interim, we can use our great videoconference experience for https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Day_Wormhole [18:56:25] :)