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The Signpost Dozen

The Signpost recently asked 12 questions of the candidates. My answers:

1. How did you become involved with the Wikimedia community? What contributions are you most proud of?
2. What do you see as the role of the Board?
3. What would you bring to the board that it currently lacks?
4. What specific goals would you have as a trustee?
5. What are the key elements you would like to see prioritized in Wikimedia's strategy?
6. What do you think the Wikimedia Foundation isn't doing that it should be? What is it doing that it shouldn't be?
7. The English Wikipedia community is concerned with project governance...
8. What sorts of partnerships should the Foundation pursue?
9. What is your view of the current financial plan?
10. What role do chapters play in your vision for Wikimedia?
11. How does the Advisory Board fit into your strategic vision for Wikimedia?
12. You've run unsuccessfully for the Board of Trustees before. What has changed?

Candidate questions from Meta

These are questions asked to all of the candidates.

Questions 1-20:

1 Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
2 Ads?
3 Fundraising increase
4 Spending increase
5 Paid editing
6 Functions of the Foundation
7 Chapters
8 Age restrictions
9 One more about Foundation income
10 Censorship & Suppression of information
11 Sexual content on WMF
12 Chapter-foundation relationship
13 Usability projects
14 Privacy policy
15 Licensing and Terms of use
16 Wikimedia chapters' legitimacy and power
17 Board-level restrictions of private information disclosure
18 What will you do about the WMF mishandling it's funding?

Wikipedia 10 Meeting on January 22, 2011?

I'm attending the second Wikipedia 10 Meeting on January 22, 2010 and I was wondering if you've decided on a more precise location in Harvard Square? You can contact me at my email SalemStar2002@yahoo.com if you'd like.

Thank you for your time!