[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board Election 2006: Announcement of result

[James Hare]

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On 9/23/06, James Forrester <jdforrester at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> We, the Election Officers, hereby give notice of the results of the
> 2006 Board of Trustees election. The winner is Erik Möller, also known
> as "Eloquence" or "Xirzon". Assuming that the Board endorses the
> result and appoints Möller, he will replace Angela Beesley, who chose
> to resign [1] earlier this year. The term to which Möller will be
> appointed will cover the rest of the term for which Beesley was
> elected, and will end with the ordinary 2007 election.
>
> In total, 2347 valid ballots were cast and accepted; the specific
> results are as follows:
>
> 1st - 987 (42%) - Eloquence (Erik Möller)
> 2nd - 702 (30%) - Mindspillage (Kathleen (Kat) Walsh)
> 3rd - 648 (28%) - Oscar (Oscar van Dillen)
> 4th - 580 (25%) - Arnomane (Daniel Arnold)
> 5th - 492 (21%) - Kim Bruning
> 6th - 423 (18%) - AaronSw (Aaron Swartz)
> 7th - 382 (16%) - Charles Matthews
> 8th - 378 (16%) - Arno Lagrange
> 9th - 375 (16%) - Cimon Avaro (Jussi-Ville Heiskanen)
> 10th - 356 (15%) - Zuirdj (Juan David Ruiz)
> 11th - 349 (15%) - Kelly Martin
> 12th - 346 (15%) - UninvitedCompany (Steve Dunlop)
> 13th - 323 (14%) - Improv (Pat Gunn)
> 14th - 315 (13%) - Linuxbeak (Alex Schenck)
> 15th - 297 (13%) - alex756 (Alex T. Roshuk Esq.)
> 16th - 237 (10%) - Evrik (Bruce Andersen)
> 17th - 109 ( 5%) - Ross.Hedvicek (Ross Hedvicek)
>
> We would like to take this opportunity to give our thanks to all of
> the developers, translators, those people who supported and promoted
> the election, and all others for their support and assistance for the
> election, and especial thanks to Tim Starling.
>
> [1] -
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Angela_Beesley_resigns_from_Wikimedia_Foundation_board
>
> Yours,
>
> The Election Officials, Wikimedia Foundation Board Election 2006
>
> Essjay
> James D. Forrester
> Kizu Naoko
> Dariusz Siedlecki
> Jon Harald Søby
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