RationalWiki:2022 board of trustees election/Nominations

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

We are electing 2 board members out of the total 5. 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:


 * Asela (elected 2021, served one-year term)
 * DuceMoosolini(elected 2021)
 * GeeJayK (elected 2021)
 * Spud (elected 2021)
 * LeftyGreenMario (elected 2020)
 * 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 two trustees as the terms expire for Asela and LeftyGreenMario.

Nominations

 * — Neiltyson1fan (talk) 15:13, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * — Bongolian (talk) 15:57, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 08:52, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * — Neiltyson1fan (talk) 17:00, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * — GeeJayK (talk) 13:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Accepted

 * - 71.208.x.x (talk) 04:25, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 16:39, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Will withdraw if two non-douche-bag candidates run Shabi  DOO  09:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Understandable, I also thought to run if there are not enough good candidates, but I still think I’m not ready yet. Maybe one/half year later. Good that you would jump in. 13:36, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Declined

 * — Neiltyson1fan (talk) 13:37, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm honored, but it's not the kind of responsibility I can accept. Besides, I'm ineligible anyway, having only 163 edits. Thanks for the vote of confidence, though! - Linneris (talk) 15:21, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * NP Tryna be more careful about the edit # thing, but hopefully that rule is changed in the future to bytes-accepted-to-mainspace-in-12-months as there's been many people who have served RW foundation with no notable mainspace contributions whatsoever in years, and instead thousands of edits to gossip pages Neiltyson1fan (talk) 15:27, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * @BJA2112
 * I'm quite flattered that you all think I'm deserving of this, but I'm going to have to respectfully decline. I'm already a bureaucrat on another wikia and I think having a high-level position on another one might get a bit too complicated at times. So again, thanks for the offer, but I'd prefer to remain just a regular editor. BJA2112 (talk) 20:07, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think I can consistently participate in the meetings and RationalWiki group. However I can still run if no one is liking the candidates. 21:22, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * — GeeJayK (talk) 13:39, 5 July 2022 (UTC) Thanks, GeeJayk, but I'll have to sit this one out.-Flandres (talk) 19:10, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Andrew5 (talk) 20:41, 4 July 2022 (UTC) As much as I'd like to get on there, I'd rather not like to have Kiwi Farms know exactly where I live. 03:36, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to leave this site. 13:01, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I definitely appreciate the offer, but I feel like I lack the maturity necessary to handle such a thing. Also I’m kinda terrified. This is kinda probably just for partial fun, but I feel like I need more experience with this site as an editor. Patty   Pat  14:57, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Have you even been paying attention--2friedeggs (talk) 15:02, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * — prefer to keep my anonymity
 * — Would prefer not to serve RE: 71.208.x.x's request, thanks though! :) Neiltyson1fan (talk) 17:16, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Not to be presumptuous but I just wanna quickly preemptively decline to run again thanks have fun bye 17:56, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank god I read this before I nominated you. We really dodged a bullet there. Your quick action saved the day. Heh. Acei9 01:16, 8 July 2022 (UTC)


 * - 71.208.x.x (talk) 04:25, 6 July 2022 (UTC) Bahahahahaha what nitwit thought I would be good for this particular position? Between drinking, working, parenting (dear god he breeds! The horror, the horror) and womanising I have no time to play this game. So no thanks but have fun, kids. Acei9 23:06, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 05:07, 8 July 2022 (UTC) Sorry, I just can't find the time anymore. I would love to return to wiki-editing in a few years, though.
 * I withdraw my name for consideration. I realized I can't work it into my daily schedule due to new job. But I appreciate the nomination. Serocco (talk) 03:10, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
 * 16:39, 4 July 2022 (UTC) -- I'm also in the position of Shabidoo/LGM. I'll run if nobody likes the candidates, but aside from that, I'm unsure about how this might conflict with my current job. Perhaps next year, otherwise. 18:09, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
 * - 71.208.x.x (talk) 04:26, 6 July 2022 (UTC) Not this time. --RWRW (talk) 12:54, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * -- Techpriest (talk) 19:31, 6 July 2022 (UTC) I'll still pass for now - David Gerard (talk) 18:34, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Ineligible

 * — Neiltyson1fan (talk) 13:33, 4 July 2022 (UTC) Only had an account for 9 months and made 156 edits. Ineligible. Andrew5 (talk) 14:19, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

Goat

 * I nominate myself as ballot reader for the trustees election (thereby out of courtesy, I will be rejecting any nominations). I take it you will be the other ballot reader? -- Techpriest (talk) 19:29, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Since I've thrown my hat into this one, I'll have to decline; but I'll be happy to assist anyone else who is willing and able. It's really not that difficult and doesn't take very much effort. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 00:29, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I should be able to do it. Vomitorium (talk) 01:47, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I would also be willing to be a ballot reader since I am unable to run to be a trustee. 71.208.x.x (talk) 02:06, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Only Mods and Techs can.. 05:52, 7 July 2022 (UTC)