RationalWiki:2018 board of trustees election/Nominations

Nominations are closed This is the page to nominate potential board members and for nominees to accept or reject their nomination.

We are electing 3 board members out of the total 6, due to adoption of RationalWiki:RationalWiki Foundation/By laws/2016 Amendment 1.

Nominees are encouraged to read the before accepting or rejecting a nomination.

Campaigning takes place over here.

Process
Any user may nominate any number of users who meet the requirements, including themselves, by ping-ing that user name in the nominee section and informing that user (manually or with BoardNotice) on their talk page. No second is required. Each nominee must accept the nomination or else they will not be eligible during the election.

Nominees may accept a nomination by adding their signature to it. Those who wish to decline nominations should strikeout the nomination with a brief note. Likewise, ineligible nominations should also be struckout.

To nominate, ping their user name and sign (otherwise, ping won't work):

* I choose you, Tmtou! ~

If you want, you can then re-edit to remove your signature.

To accept the nomination: Indicate acceptance, delete their signature, sign, and move your username to "approved".
 * - accept Tmtoulouse (talk) 04:20, 01 April 1984 (UTC)

To reject the nomination: Indicate reject-ance, delete their signature, sign, and move your username to "rejected".
 * - reject Tmtoulouse (talk) 04:20, 01 April 1984 (UTC)

Requirements
In order for a user to be nominated they must meet certain requirements:
 * Be 18 years of age or older
 * Be a registered user for 1 year or longer
 * Have 250 edits or more
 * Have at least 1 edit in the last 3 months

The Board meets about once per quarter (or more often, as necessary), usually for one-two hours. Almost all of the business of board takes place over e-mail. Depending on the number of projects and the time of year board members should expect to spend a few hours a month reading, contributing and voting in these e-mail discussions.

Members do have certain powers and duties candidates should be aware of. Membership in the Board means being a corporate director of the RationalMedia Foundation, Inc. In general, corporate directors exercise the highest level of management and control over a corporation and are ultimately responsible for its governance and welfare. They appoint and supervise the Operations Manager, have the final word on the corporation's purpose and goals and ensure that it has adequate resources to carry them out, ensure compliance with the corporation's legal and ethical obligations, approve major expenditures, and respond to significant changes of circumstance in a timely manner. In practice, their job is generally supervisory, as they delegate authority to carry out the corporation's needs to the Operations Manager, who in turn may delegate further authority to his or her staff.

Boardmembers' names will be signed to US state filings and IRS forms, which are both publicly available.

Read more at.

Accepted

 * I'm not that afraid to give out my personal info.
 * I humbly accept. Like Peter Strzok and Donald J. Trump, I can keep my personal opinions separate from official duties.
 * because why not?
 * Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 17:08, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * – I'm busy with school, financial documents trigger me, I– *sees RobSmith and only two other good options* ...fine, I'll do it myself. 17:11, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * - Not really actively seeking the office, but it's also not that much work tbh. Unless you're treasurer.  ikanreed 🐐Bleat at me 13:46, 20 August 2018 (UTC)
 * gawd, ok 19:00, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Declined

 * Thank you for nominating me, . But I'm not ready for for the position. Nerd (talk) 01:28, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * My health is too unpredictable for me to be able to assume the responsibilities involved. Smerdis of Tlön, wekʷōm teḱs. 00:26, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the nomination, but I wish to stay anonymous. 03:12, 14 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Regretful decline. See my talk page if you are really interested why. --RWRW (talk) 17:50, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * - I am mostly busy elsewhere in the Wikiverse.
 * - Thanks for the nomination, but I have to respectfully decline. Kingdamian1 (talk) 03:03, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * - I’m honored to be nominated but I am not interested currently. Thank you for the nomination! - 05:24, 16 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I am not Board material. 13:38, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the nomination, . I am declining would have liked to decline but I will wait to see who else accepts. Bongolian (talk) 18:06, 4 August 2018 (UTC) Bongolian (talk) 03:05, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * you haven’t added your name to the list, might cause issues. Christopher (talk) 13:12, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm redeclining. Thank you to the other who have stepped forward and accepted nominations in the interim. Bongolian (talk) 15:43, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Ineligible

 * I am not eligible (phew) 18:54, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Even if I were of age, I simply have no desire to run. 𝔊𝔬𝔞𝔱-𝔈𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔅𝔦𝔤𝔰 (𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔴𝔦𝔰𝔡𝔬𝔪/𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰) 18:48, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * -- hasn't edited last 3 months 06:07, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Technically not eligible under this account (unfortunately). What a Wonderful World (talk) 17:03, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * — too few edits
 * — Younger than 18 according to their own user page, registered user for less than 1 year and less than 250 edits. CowHouse (talk) 08:26, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

Withdrawn

 * Personal issues. RoninMacbeth (talk) 14:08, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Goat

 * So according to my reading of RationalWiki:2017 board of trustees election/Results and RationalWiki:RationalWiki Foundation/By laws/2016 Amendment 1, both and  will remain as part of the board this year because their term expires in 2019, and therefore they can't be in this election. If I am wrong, make sure to block tell me.  19:10, 4 August 2018 (UTC)
 * You are correct. The seats of, , and are open; the seats of  and  are occupied until 2019. The goal is 'some semblance of continuancy between boards'.  06:07, 11 August 2018 (UTC)


 * If I accept will you guys start accepting too or... 17:44, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Id just accept to get the ball rolling. Christopher (talk) 19:24, 12 August 2018 (UTC)


 * When is the deadline for accepting or declining? Bongolian (talk) 03:11, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * whenever you guys set it to be --> saloon bar discussion? 03:39, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Is it just me, or does it seem as though everyone is waiting for someone else to accept first? RoninMacbeth (talk) 06:04, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * It does seem that way. Perhaps someone who's served on the Board can write about their experiences, as a means of encouraging others? Bongolian (talk) 07:18, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Weaknesses in the RW structure continue to be exploited by nefarious elements. It's past time to review what the minimum qualifications for board membership. Nominees are now infested with trolls who have been nominated by someone who is sysop-revoked. Bongolian (talk) 19:30, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Tighten qualifications further. Perhaps include mainspace edits and nominations can be done only by a sysop or someone who hasn't been banned/received punitive action from chicken-coop in a timespan, per Moderator qualifications. 19:33, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Are you guys talking about tightening restrictions now, or for next year? RoninMacbeth (talk) 20:20, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Now seems a little too late. I thought I did bring up if the moderator election restriction would apply here, though. 21:24, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Article 4, Section 3 of the by-laws states "The Board of Trustees shall determine the dates, rules and regulation of the voting procedures..." Presumably this would cover minimum qualifications for consideration of community nominated candidates. Given that RW is a mobocracy it would probably follow that any rules regarding who's qualified would be hashed out by the community and then presented to the Board of Trustees for approval. This may be worth pursuing, but doing this for the current election would be very irregular. Regards, Cosmikdebris (talk) 23:53, 15 August 2018 (UTC)
 * BTW we need people that are brave to run too. I don't want to have troll nominations get spots. I'd rather have some timid people here than the joke nominations winning. 19:40, 15 August 2018 (UTC)