RationalWiki:2024 board of trustees election/Nominations

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Nominations begin on:
27 July 2024
And will end:
10 August 2024

Campaigning will begin on
10 August 2024
And will end:
10 September 2024

Voting is over.
Starts: 13 September 2024
Ends: 20 September 2024

Results have been announced.

v - t - e

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 Guide for board of trustees election before accepting or rejecting a nomination. Campaigning takes place over here.

Process[edit]

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):

*{{ping|tmtoulouse}} 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".

To reject the nomination: Indicate reject-ance, delete their signature, sign, and move your username to "rejected".

Requirements[edit]

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 Guide for board of trustees election.

Current composition[edit]

The current members of the board of trustees are:

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 Cosmikdebris and Shabidoo.

Nominations[edit]

Accepted[edit]

Declined[edit]

Ineligible[edit]

Goat[edit]

Is there any location/nationality limitations on being on the board? KarmaPolice (talk) 22:43, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

No. Pizza SLICE.gifChef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 22:50, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Spud lives in Taiwan, for instance. Pizza SLICE.gifChef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 22:51, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Honestly, the criteria to be a board member is way too lax. I don't know about New Mexico, but in my state you can't be on the board of directors for an organization that solicits funds if you have a felony conviction within the last 10 ten years (and if they find out there is someone with convictions on such board, they'll revoke the organization's license to solicit funds). There have been people on this board that probably should have felony convictions if they don't, based on their on-wiki behavior alone (there was a document dropper on the board who is now permabanned, for example). 71.208.119.221 (talk) 20:01, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
Why are you mentioning New Mexico? Arcadium Trancefer (talk) 19:17, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
The foundation is registered in the state of New Mexico. —cosmikdebris talk stalk 19:37, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
The rate the rejections are going, are we gonna have enough people to fill seats with? Carthage (talk) 13:45, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Which was why I held off my decline - that in an extreme pinch I could do it, but I'd basically be as useful as a penknife in a gun fight. Then I reasoned that some folks might be holding off nominating others (betters) because they think I could do it half-decently. Plus, is self-nomination allowed, like it is with Mods? KarmaPolice (talk) 14:21, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

What happens if we don't get 2 accepted nominations by the 10th? Pizza SLICE.gifChef Moosolini’s Ristorante ItalianoMake a Reservation 20:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Extending the deadline would be the first resort, but that can't be done forever. If it really can't be filled, there needs to be a discussion on changing the number of elected trustees out of lack of options. --ApooftGnegiol (talk) 11:43, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ephrom nominated themselves (though I'm surprised that no one nominated them before), we already have two candidates. GeeJayKWhere all evil dwells Where every lie is true 11:44, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

Since Ephrom nominated themself, shouldn't they be added to the "accepted" list? Carthage (talk) 16:05, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
I moved it, @Ephrom. --ApooftGnegiol (talk) 19:03, 3 August 2024 (UTC)
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