Hi fellow Wikimedians,
We held our chapter's public meeting and open vote on March 16, and we found all the ten people running qualified to participate as candidates in the current WMF election.
This is part of our chapter's policy to encourage a more diverse and more transparent process for the WMF board elections, and particularly to encourage non-traditional candidates whose inclusion we would find to benefit the overall elections process.
We were glad to see three or four candidates join the process who would not have otherwise applied, and are also happy to see that several of the newer candidates have received endorsements from other chapters as well (even before our public vote).
Thanks, Pharos Wikimedia NYC
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 6:19 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Pharos for making this offer and for outlining what your chapter voting process will be! Both are good practices to bring to a process that has in the past been generally opaque.
Best, Phoebe On Mar 8, 2016 8:14 AM, "Pharos" pharosofalexandria@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Pharos pharosofalexandria@gmail.com wrote:
Hi fellow Wikimedians,
Wikimedia NYC is interested in opening up and diversifying the
Wikimedia
Foundation board nominations process (beyond the typical
chapter-affiliated
candidates), so interested parties are welcomed to submit their self-nominations today on Meta-Wiki, and we will consider all
reasonable
applications from around the world, and will endorse those
non-traditional
candidates whose inclusion we would find to benefit the overall
elections
process.
You just have to start the page for your nomination on Meta-Wiki today, details can be filled in over the coming week.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominati...
Nominations must be in by UTC end of day March 8 on Meta-Wiki (which is the global deadline), and Wikimedia NYC will formally make the choice
of
candidates to endorse for participation in the elections at its March
16
'WikiWednesday' public meeting, to be determined by an open vote of attendees at that meeting.
We also commit to having a vote at our public meeting in April or May
to
make our chapter's decision for the actual elections.
Feel free to write to us beforehand if you have questions.
Thanks, Pharos Wikimedia NYC
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Lane Rasberry lane@bluerasberry.com wrote:
Hello,
The board of trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation has 10 seats. The office holders for 2 of these 10 seats will be selected in the "2016 affiliate-selected board seats" process described at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016
For a candidate to be considered in this election, they must be
nominated
by 8 March and endorsed by a voting Wikimedia organizational affiliate
by
23 March.
If anyone has any nomination to make, we are now in the last day! Nominations must be made by the end of 8 March! Make a nomination for yourself or another person at <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominati...
For those making a nomination, please follow up by soliciting for endorsement of the nomination from one voting organization. That endorsement must be posted by 23 March. Candidates in the election
must
be
nominated by the end of March 8 and must have their endorsement by 23 March.
Beyond nomination, please participate in the election by encouraging
all
organizations which are eligible to vote to cast their vote later
during
the voting period.
Thanks - and forgive me if I misspoke in any part of this. I am
anxious
about writing correctly and clearly. The official election
documentation
is on-wiki.
yours,
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