The 2008 Board election committee announces the 2008 election process. Wikimedians will
have the opportunity to elect one candidate from the Wikimedia community to serve as a
representative on the Board of Trustees. The successful candidate will serve a one-year
term, ending in July 2009.
Candidates may nominate themselves for election between May 8 and May 22, and the voting
will occur between 1 June and 21 June. For more information on the voting and candidate
requirements, see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008.
The voting system to be used in this election has not yet been confirmed, however voting
will be by secret ballot, and confidentiality will be strictly maintained.
Votes will again be cast and counted on a server owned by an independent, neutral third
party, Software in the Public Interest (SPI). SPI will hold cryptographic keys and be
responsible for tallying the votes and providing final vote counts to the Election
Committee. SPI provided excellent help during the 2007 elections.
Further information can be found at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008/en. Questions may be directed to the
Election Committee at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Board_elections/2008/en. If you
are interested in translating official election pages into your own language, please see
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2008/Translation.
For the election committee,
Philippe Beaudette
[[m:User:Philippe]]
.