Thank you for participating in the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees election! Voting closed August 31 at 23:59. The official data,
including the four most voted candidates, will be announced as soon as the
Elections Committee completes their review of the ballots. The official
announcement of the new trustees appointed will happen later, once the
selected candidates have been confirmed by the Board.
6,946 community members from 216 wiki projects have voted. This makes 10.2%
global participation, 1.1% higher than in the last Board elections. In
2017, 5167 people from 202 wiki projects cast their vote. A full analysis
is planned to be published in a few days when the confirmed results are
announced. In the meantime, you can check the data produced during the
election.
Diversity was an important goal with these elections. Messages about the
Board election were translated into 61 languages. This outreach worked
well. There were 70 communities with eligible voters voting in this
election for the first time. With your help, next year’s Board of Trustees
election will be even better.
Links and translations here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-09…
Best,
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*Jackie Koerner*
*she/her*
Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance
*English language communities and Meta-Wiki*