Hi all!
Another opportunity to get involved in the Wikimedia movement governance:
please check below the announcement of the *upcoming election process for
four Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees seats. *
Please consider applying (the call for candidates will open in May 2024 -
check candidate criteria here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Candidate_application>)
and make sure your voice is heard by casting your vote (August 2024 - check
eligibility here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Voter_eligibility_guidelines>
).
Any questions or comments please let us know,
*Tila Cappelletto *(she/ela/ella)
Senior Program Officer, Gender Organizing
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
*Let's talk?
https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting
<https://calendly.com/tila_wmf/meeting>*
Languages: [Pt-br-N] [Esp-4] [Eng-3] [Ita-2]
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From: Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)kozminski.edu.pl>
Date: Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
(This message is also available in Arabic, French, Igbo, and more here
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announcement/Selection_announcement>
)
This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees
on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The
Board invites the whole movement to participate in this year’s selection
process and vote to fill those seats.
The Elections Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee>
will
oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance
Committee created a Board Selection Working Group from trustees who cannot
be candidates in the 2024 community- and affiliate-selected trustee
selection process composed of Dariusz Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a
Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein Sigalov [3]. The group is
tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee selection
process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of
the Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
-
May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
-
June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting
if 15 or fewer candidates apply) [5]
-
June-August 2024: Campaign period
-
End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting
period
-
October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
-
Board’s Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed
timeline, the candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter
eligibility criteria - on this Meta-wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>.
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an
Election Volunteer. Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections
Committee and their respective community. They help ensure their community
is represented and mobilize them to vote. Learn more about the program and
how to join on this Meta-wiki page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Election_Volunteers>
.
Thank you!
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results…
[2]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committ…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Ro…
[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the
shortlisting process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates
because the 1–3 candidates that are removed might feel ostracized, and it
would be a lot of work for affiliates to carry out the shortlisting process
to only eliminate 1–3 candidates from the candidate list.
Best regards,
Dariusz Jemielniak
Governance Committee Chair
Board Selection Working Group
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