Lane Rasberry is the only one I know really well and I would strongly
support them on the WMF Board.
Best
James
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> 1. [URGENT] : give your opinion about the Board of Trustees elections
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> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 11:45:18 +0200
> From: Florence Devouard <fdevouard(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Offline-l] [URGENT] : give your opinion about the Board of
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> Hello guys
>
>
> Sj and I actually missed the first call for opinion of the UG with
> regards to candidates to the Board of Trustees. Sj saw the reminder
> today... and the deadline for the UG submission is on the 28th midnight.
>
> So time is short. Sorry about that.
>
> For your complete information, please see Ramzy email below (but you do
> not need to read it all if you do not with too)
>
>
> So what we need from you
>
> *A. Please check out the full list of all candidates to the BOT. This is
> here: *
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candida…
>
>
> *B. For each of them, please give a grade from 0 to 5*
>
> 0 means: no support
> 5: super extra massive support
>
> If you do not mention the name or if you do not mention a grade, the
> person will get 0.
>
> To make it simpler for you, the list
>
> Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>:
>
> Ahmad Ali Karim
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>:
>
> Bobby Shabangu :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>James
> Alexander :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Jonathan
> Cardy :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Lane
> Rasberry :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Maxime
> Baidakov :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Michał
> Buczyński :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Mohammed
> Kamal-Deen Fuseini :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Ravan
> J Al-Taie :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Shahen
> Araboghlian :
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>Wojciech
> Pędzich
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_ele…>:
>
>
>
> *C: Send your votes, either to Sj or to me*
>
> We will compile.
> And the 6 most voted upon will be presented for the UG
> We will obviously not share your votes with anyone.
>
> Thanks !
>
>
> Flo and Sj
>
> -------- IF YOU WANT MORE INFO, READ BELOW---------
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> Hello,
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