Just thought I should pass this on.
Today, Wikimedia UK elected its first female director: Joscelyn Upendran is the Public Project Lead for Creative Commons UK.
In addition, three other women stood for election to the board.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Farrar james.farrar@gmail.com Date: 12 May 2012 18:50 Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Election and resolution results To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
Here are the results of the resolutions and elections held at the Wikimedia UK AGM today:
Resolutions
1. Change of name: passed with 2 votes against and 4 abstentions 2. Registration in Scotland: passed with 1 vote against and 5 abstentions 3. Increasing the term of Board members: passed with 46 votes in favour, 10 against and 5 abstentions 4. Membership fees: passed without objection (1 abstention) 5. Appoint Board members: passed without objection (2 abstentions) 6. Approve 2011 accounts: passed without objection (7 abstentions) 7. Approve 2012 accounts: withdrawn 8. Re-appoint auditors: passed without objection (6 abstentions)
Please note that for all resolutions except number 3, the actual tally of votes in favour was not kept as the show of hands and number of proxy votes given to the Tellers was sufficient to show an overwhelming majority in favour.
Election of Board members
The number of votes given for each candidate was as follows:
Christopher Keating 52 Michael Peel 50 Ashley Van Haeften 49 Joscelyn Upendran 48 John Byrne 46 Roger Bamkin 46 Doug Taylor 40 Steve Virgin 38 Saad Choudri 34 Roshana Gammampila 27 Katie Chan 26 Alison Fayers-Kerr 11 Christopher Allen 10 Thomas Nichols 6 Gary Hayes 2 Junior Campbell 1
The total number of votes cast was 61, and therefore candidates required a minimum of 31 votes to be eligible for election.
Therefore Christopher Keating, Michael Peel, Ashley Van Haeften, Joscelyn Upendran,John Byrne, Roger Bamkin and Doug Taylor have been duly elected to serve as Directors of Wikimedia UK.
James Farrar For and on behalf of the Tellers
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