Dear EDUWiki enthusiasts,
Voting for the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board concluded on November
10th.
After carefully examining the votes, here are the results:
* Out of 77 votes (after removing 3 duplicates), only 24 were valid votes
made by the User Group's members -
53 votes were counted out as invalid, as they were not made by members.
I encourage all of you to check if your username appears on the membership
list
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_%26_Education_User_Group/Members&oldid=23859163#Members_List>
.
If it is not, please apply for membership
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeglKZ4Ex5W7PjhDIkWsTNrFJqxnjLV1BfSG8QoNRoguy_NTg/viewform>,
so you can better engage with the User Group and cast your vote during the
next election process. Although the candidacy was made after the call for
candidates had expired, the Board chose to allow it and the voting form
included an option to vote for 6 candidates.
* Out of the 24 valid votes, here is the distribution of votes:
14 votes supported the current 5 Board members (LiAnna Davis, Susanna
Mkrtchyan, Ziko van Dijk, Filip Maljkovic and João Alexandre Peschanski)
remaining as the Board.
10 Votes supported 6 candidates: the 5 existing Board members mentioned
above, and Bukola Olutola James, who presented her candidacy during the
General Assembly.
As the majority of members voted to keep 5 seats, the Wikipedia & Education
User Group Board for the coming two years is: LiAnna Davis, Susanna
Mkrtchyan, Ziko van Dijk, Filip Maljkovic and João Alexandre Peschanski.
Additionally, as the Board was impressed by Bukola's desire to join the
Board and engage more with the UG's activities, the Board has offered
Bukola to be an advisor to the Board, which she has accepted. This role
will allow her to learn more about the Board's work and the UG's activities
first hand, and apply as a candidate in a timely manner in a future
election round.
I'd like to thank the Board for its continued work and hope you join me in
wishing them all another productive and successful term!
Sincerely,
Shani Evenstein Sigalov
Special Advisor to the Wikipedia & Education User Group Board