[URGENT] : give your opinion about the Board of Trustees elections - Offline-l

26 Jul 2025


      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/Candidat...
*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_elections/2025/Candidates/Abdul-Rafiu_Fuseini:
Ahmad Ali Karim 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Ahmad_Ali_Karim:
Bobby Shabangu :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Bobby_ShabanguJames 
Alexander :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/James_AlexanderJonathan 
Cardy :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Jonathan_CardyLane 
Rasberry :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Lane_RasberryMaxime 
Baidakov :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Maxime_BaidakovMichał 
Buczyński :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Micha%C5%82_Buczy%C5%84skiMohammed 
Kamal-Deen Fuseini :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Mohammed_Kamal-Deen_FuseiniRavan 
J Al-Taie :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Ravan_J_Al-TaieShahen 
Araboghlian :
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Shahen_AraboghlianWojciech 
Pędzich 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Wojciech_P%C4%99dzich:
*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---------
Hello,
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/User_Group_Primary_Contact_Rights_%26_Expectations of 
a recognized Wikimedia movement Affiliate that is currently compliant 
with their reporting obligations (list of all Affiliates currently 
compliant 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Affiliates_Status_Report/Archive/2025-07).
This is a friendly reminder that the shortlisting process to produce 6 
(six) final candidates that will be voted on by the wider community is 
open until Monday, July 28, 2025 at 23:59 UTC. Your group is eligible 
to participate in the shortlisting process based on the candidates’ 
alignment with the requirements and desired criteria for candidates 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidate_application.
* If your affiliate has identified your representative for the
    shortlisting process by filing out the LimeSurvey that was sent
    alongside the previous email, you can go ahead and participate in
    the shortlisting process.
  * If your affiliate did not manage to identify your representative for
    the shortlisting process in time (i.e. you did not fill out the
    LimeSurvey), we will accept votes only either from the primary
    contact or the secondary contact
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    the Affiliate as listed in the Foundation’s database.
  * Please ensure that only one response per affiliate is submitted.
Here’s the course of action for the shortlisting process:
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the survey privacy statement 
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* Go to xxxurl
  *
Fill out the following questions:
o Name of the Affiliate
      o Name or username of the representative
      o
Select up to 6 candidates that your Affiliate decided to be most
        aligned with the Board’s requirements and desired criteria
o There will be a list of all 12 (twelve) eligible candidates, and
        you will be able to select a maximum of 6 candidates; these
        candidates are not ranked.
      o
Documentation on the affiliate’s decision-making process to
        arrive at this selection.
+ This can be a description of your process, a link to a wiki
            page, Google Doc, Etherpad, or similar. You may also opt to
            email the documentation separately to electcom@wikimedia.org
            mailto:electcom@wikimedia.org
      o Comment (if there is anything else not covered by this form)
  * You may submit your vote until Monday, July 28, 2025 at 23:59 UTC.
After the shortlisting process concludes, the 6 (six) candidates who 
receive the highest number of votes will be announced by the Elections 
Committee on Wikimedia-l and Meta-wiki, but without publicly mentioning 
their ranking. As mentioned on the Meta page 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024#Shortlisting_process, 
the results of this shortlisting process will be shared after the 
election closes, to avoid influencing the vote.
If you have any questions, please reply all to this email.
On behalf of the Elections Committee and the Governance Committee,
Ramzy Muliawan
Committee Support Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
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Ramzy Muliawan (he/him)
Committee Support Specialist, Wikimedia Foundation
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RamzyM_(WMF)
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