Hi Everyone,
Apart from celebrating 10 years of Wikipedia 2011 is also an election year for the Board
of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation.
As you may recall the board has three directly elected representatives on it which serve
for two years. Currently those are Mindspillage, SJ and Wing. As in the past years we rely
on an effective election committee to coordinate the elections for us. They not only
guarantee that the election is overseen by an independent body, but they also make sure
that the tremendous amount of work that needs to be done is taken care of. My job is to
coordinate the formation of this committee.
This is a call for volunteers to serve on the election committee. If you feel that you can
contribute to this committee, please contact me and give a small summary of why you think
you would be able to help out with this process. Just to make sure we all understand: you
cannot be part of the election committee if you are planning to be a candidate or are
planning to support any candidate publicly. Deadline for any extra volunteers is January
22 th 12:00 UTC.
The timeline for the next steps in the process will be published somewhere in February by
the election committee. So if you are interested in becoming a candidate, time to start
preparing!
Regards
Jan-Bart de Vreede
Wikimedia Board of Trustees
Board Liason Election Committee
PS: Should you want to know more about the role of a board member:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_board_manual