Wikimedia Foundation as any non profit, has a board.
Read about it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees
User groups can join chapters to vote for 2 members to join the board.
Read about the 2019 resolution here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_20...
At a meeting of all representatives of the groups, we agreed on changes to the resolution.
Read about the changes here:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/ASBS_Wikimedia_Summit
Moving forward, the elections and all matters regarding the elections will follow what the resolution document says. Do well to read it.
However, please note that nominations will be from 15 to 30 April. Reviewing and screening by the community from 1 to 7 May. Voting for nominees by Affiliates will be from 8 to 31 May. Results will be out by the end of June.
The user group will choose a delegate who will vote on our behalf. The entire user group will vote through this person. That said, we have just one vote.
If you want to be our delegate, or you want to nominate someone to carry our vote, just reply to the message.
*Additionally,* if you want to join the Telegram group where you can learn more about the ASBS, please join via https://t.me/joinchat/Ee0ANBOp0AuT48mFpNweqg.
Please note, that doesn’t make you the delegate.
–– Regards Sandister Tei | Curator Media & Journalism, re:publica Accra | Citi FM/TV | Wikimedia Ghana UG representative + co – founder | Purple People
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Hello.
As we prep for the nomination period of candidates for the Affiliate-selected Board member positions on April 15. an easy-to-use tool to help us in assessing the candidates for these positions has been made available here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assessing_candidates_for_the_Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_of_the_Board_of_Trustees.pdf.
Please check it out.
–– Regards Sandister Tei | Curator Media & Journalism, re:publica Accra | Citi FM/TV | Wikimedia Ghana UG representative + co – founder | Purple People
m: +23320266290 tw: @SandisterTei https://twitter.com/SandisterTei ig: @s.andister https://www.instagram.com/s.andister/
re:publica – The most inspiring festival for the digital society. See you in Accra December 14-15 2018! Web https://accra18.re-publica.com/ | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rpAccra/ | Twitter http://www.twitter.com/republica
republica GmbH | Schönhauser Allee 6-7 | 10119 Berlin HRB 137440 B | AG Berlin-Charlottenburg | Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gebhard
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Sandister Tei sandistertei@gmail.com Date: Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 6:18 PM Subject: I'm back from Berlin. Here are updates | ASBS (Affiliate Selected Board Seats) To: Planning Wikimedia Ghana Chapter wikimedia-gh@lists.wikimedia.org
Wikimedia Foundation as any non profit, has a board.
Read about it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees
User groups can join chapters to vote for 2 members to join the board.
Read about the 2019 resolution here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_20...
At a meeting of all representatives of the groups, we agreed on changes to the resolution.
Read about the changes here:
https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/ASBS_Wikimedia_Summit
Moving forward, the elections and all matters regarding the elections will follow what the resolution document says. Do well to read it.
However, please note that nominations will be from 15 to 30 April. Reviewing and screening by the community from 1 to 7 May. Voting for nominees by Affiliates will be from 8 to 31 May. Results will be out by the end of June.
The user group will choose a delegate who will vote on our behalf. The entire user group will vote through this person. That said, we have just one vote.
If you want to be our delegate, or you want to nominate someone to carry our vote, just reply to the message.
*Additionally,* if you want to join the Telegram group where you can learn more about the ASBS, please join via https://t.me/joinchat/Ee0ANBOp0AuT48mFpNweqg.
Please note, that doesn’t make you the delegate.
–– Regards Sandister Tei | Curator Media & Journalism, re:publica Accra | Citi FM/TV | Wikimedia Ghana UG representative + co – founder | Purple People
m: +23320266290 tw: @SandisterTei https://twitter.com/SandisterTei ig: @s.andister https://www.instagram.com/s.andister/
re:publica – The most inspiring festival for the digital society. See you in Accra December 14-15 2018! Web https://accra18.re-publica.com/ | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rpAccra/ | Twitter http://www.twitter.com/republica
republica GmbH | Schönhauser Allee 6-7 | 10119 Berlin HRB 137440 B | AG Berlin-Charlottenburg | Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gebhard
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