RationalWiki:2020 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 4 board members out of the total 6. 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 (talk page notification required). 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.

Current composition
The current members of the board of trustees are:


 * DuceMoosolini (resigned)
 * FuzzyCatPotato (elected 2019)
 * Spud (elected 2019)
 * David Gerard (elected 2018)
 * LeftyGreenMario (elected 2018)
 * Bob_M (elected 2018)
 * Tmtoulouse (Operations manager)

Per the board's charter, Board members serve a two year term. The Operations Manager is appointed by the board. This means that this year, we are electing four trustees as the terms expire for David Gerard, LeftyGreenMario, and BobM, and DuceMoosolini previously resigned.

Nominations
Nominations are closed.

Didn't respond

 * - Bring some sanity back to this wiki. Fawcett (talk) 18:53, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * - Better than a couple of the options on here. Fawcett (talk) 19:22, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * — Bongolian (talk) 18:54, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
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Accepted

 * Fuck it, I'll do what I can. 13:32, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Well I'm in a weird spot irl but I can still manage. We've all been procrastinating. 18:14, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Self-nominated; a mere four days before the election, there are less than half of the required people to replace members who are stepping down. I will run unless and until a sufficiently high number of appropriate candidates accept nomination. RoninMacbeth (talk) 21:07, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Am bored, might run for the board. I'm taking this so seriously I might forget about it and smoke weed instead, let's see what happens. 21:43, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Declined

 * good person for the job. --Probable Alien-Human Hybrid (talk) 15:04, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the offer, but I don't want to reveal my dox, and this hell site treats me like shit to begin with. — Oxyaena Harass  16:15, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like a good choice. --Probable Alien-Human Hybrid (talk) 20:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate it but decline. HairlessCat (talk) 20:51, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * — Bongolian (talk) 22:25, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I shouldn’t and won’t. 00:07, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * — 00:57, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I don't think being on the board is for me. --RWRW (talk) 13:28, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * —cosmikdebris talk stalk 14:45, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Declined; see Bob's talk page. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 13:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * —cosmikdebris talk stalk 22:19, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Anonymity preferred. Bongolian (talk) 18:54, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * — &mdash; Unsigned, by: Burrito / talk / contribs
 * Not even eligible but thx I guess. 21:05, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * - Gunther1987 (talk) 11:21, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but I'll pass. — Jeh2ow Damn son!  12:16, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * — Bongolian (talk) 05:07, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * There's enough good names up there - don't want to split their votes
 * - Gunther1987 (talk) 11:13, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the nomination but not this year. Shabi  DOO `
 * - Gunther1987 (talk) 11:13, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Not a good idea AMassiveGay (talk) 14:41, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * - Gunther1987 (talk) 11:13, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate the Nomination, even if I am confused as to why I got it specifically, but this does not appear beneficial to my long term plans,hmhmhm...-Flandres (talk) 18:05, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * —cosmikdebris talk stalk 14:45, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm not around very much, the idea of being on the board does not spark joy and I feel the stress of responsibility at the idea, and we have enough non-crazy people to fill a board - David Gerard (talk) 20:38, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * — Bongolian (talk) 22:25, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I really appreciate the vote of confidence, but at this time I think I'll let others carry the torch. Perhaps next time. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 23:50, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * thanks for the nomination but it is not my type of thing. --Probable Alien-Human Hybrid (talk) 13:35, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Deserves a shot and could be a valuable Board member. 20:58, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm just way to busy. AceModerator 20:58, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Goat

 * 1) Who are the one's leaving and why? Gunther1987 (talk) 12:16, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * At least LGM and David Gerard have their terms up after two years. They're free to run again of course. Not sure who the the third one is.Coigreach (talk) 13:04, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The third one is Bob M unless I'm mistaken. 13:18, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually I have not been on the board this year. I had to withdraw for health reasons after being elected last time.Bob"Life is short and (insert adjective)" 17:13, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Ace, seriously? — Oxyaena Harass  16:42, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * this whole thing is just a glorified dare on who will dox themselves I wouldn't worry about it. 19:29, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * What are you accusing me off? Just because I think he takes a more serious approach to this shit, doesn't make me a troll. Unlike the one's being accused. Heck, I was about to nominated this Hastur! person too, but I guess I won't do that, since I would piss off certain people.. Gunther1987 (talk) 20:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * No more shocking than RationalZombie nominating you at this point in time Oxy. Although I guess it's slightly more silly that someone does it in their third ever post, less than 24 hours after creating their profile. It would have been less obvious trolling if someone like HBC or Nutty had nominated him.Coigreach (talk) 19:44, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * How would it be trolling at all if I nominated him? He's an intelligent grown adult with substantial work and management experience and a demonstrated interest in the site who's more qualified and competent than some who have actually been elected. And as far as self-doxing goes, just do what Fuzzy Cat Potato did and knowingly file a false annual report misidentifying a board member as a Doe. Nutty Roux (talk) 20:20, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Ace wouldn’t be a bad choice, potentially quite the opposite. I think he can put the work in and be valuable, and it’s not like you need to be universally friends with everyone to serve on the Board. 20:45, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I thought I would join in with the elections. But I'll withdraw the vote, since you can't vote if you recently joined (btw, I was lurking occasionally for the past 3 months and decided to make an account) by certain people who think you must me a troll for not voting for the right candidate.. Gunther1987 (talk) 20:49, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you fuck off with your bullshit ableist insinuations that I am a paranoid conspiracy theorist, . It's this kind of shit that makes me hate this website. — Oxyaena Harass  21:52, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * That was against your 2 buddies who're accussing me of being a troll. If you throw mud in my face without a reason, you'll get mud thrown back! There's some Ableism in those accusations aswell.. Gunther1987 (talk) 22:01, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Now this gets slightly beyond the Board territory and more to why I think Ace should never have been made a mod (again), but whatever. Recently there has been a discussion about adjusting the community standards to define tech rights in comparison to Mod rights. This arose from Oxyaenas abuse of tech rights sure, but the discussion was also raised by Ace. As far as I can see, Ace is the one and only person in RationalWikis history who has, in his capacity as a mod, abused his powers to such (glorious) extent that a tech intervention was absolutely necessary.
 * I do understand that Mods and Board members have different responsibilities. And I would vote (if I was eligible to vote) certain people to the board (because of their general good will), who I wouldn't vote for a mod (because of their temperament). But regarding your argument that Ace is a "grown adult", he is very much not. He has proven again and again that he's a drunken idiot whose unable to control himself after several drinks. I sympathize, I'm unable to do that either. But then again, I wouldn't consider myself a mod material, much less a board one. And I certainly wouldn't respect anyone who thought I was.
 * And when it comes to you yourself Nutty, you've demonstrated that you're going to side with Ace and against anyone who acts against him no matter what. Hell, after that 10.20.2012 incident, you voted to strip Tyrannis of his tech rights because he had dared to interfere with Aces rampage.Coigreach (talk) 21:16, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I hardly abused my rights, see here. — Oxyaena Harass  22:02, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I don’t remember what happened but looking back my thinking would have been that he didn’t have the authority to do that as a tech, which I don’t think people think techs have even today. Oxyaena, you’re a terrible rights abuser and a terrible sysop. It’s baffling to me that it never occurred to you to ask me what you did to piss me off and apologize. Instead, you lie interminably and insult anyone who disagrees with you. Nutty Roux (talk) 23:20, 6 July 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) Three objectively bad choices. — Oxyaena Harass  19:04, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Every choice, good or bad, is subjective.Coigreach (talk) 21:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) What are the specific responsibilities of a board member? I understand that the Board handles the site finances, but what specifically would a nominee do? Would they need a specific skillset, or to be available at specific times? 21:47, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell, the Guide for board of trustees election describes the responsibilities and effort. I don't know if there's anything above and beyond that; current or previous board members will have to provide that insight. The board is responsible for funding labor for our valued techies like Tim Starling to coordinate and perform upgrades, and care and feeding for the infrastructure. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 22:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)


 * 1) What happens if the 4 people that have accepted their nomination are the only candidates? Do they automatically become board members, then? Gunther1987 (talk) 08:58, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I assume a vote will still have to be held to figure which 3 get two year terms and who gets the 1 year that remains of Duces term after he stepped down. I guess the one withe least votes gets 1 year.Coigreach (talk) 14:47, 18 July 2020 (UTC)