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