Congratulations to all the candidates, and thank you to everyone who ran and put a lot of time into the process. And thanks especially to our ongoing and outgoing trustees. The board is a ton of work, and one of the hardest jobs in our movement.
Re: processes, part of the idea, back in the day, for having two processes for the affiliate votes and the general vote was that it could help ensure geographical diversity (though I'm not sure that was true in practice). These two processes were combined a couple of years ago. I'm not sure going back to the old system is the right answer, but I do think it takes a variety of strategies to get candidates who both understand Wikimedia and the motivations of editors AND are interested in overseeing the governance of a multi-million dollar organization -- which is the job we are asking these folks to do.
Best, Phoebe (trustee 2010-2015)
On Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 05:49 Philip Kopetzky philip.kopetzky@gmail.com wrote:
Well, congratulations to 4 people living in Western Europe. If this result doesn't get the Wikimedia Foundation to rethink their approach to how they select their board members, I don't know what will.
I guess it's up to communities, affiliates and regional structures to create the change we want to see, noe more than ever.
On Fri, 11 Oct 2024, 11:38 Katie Chan, ktc@ktchan.info wrote:
*You can find translations of this message or help translate this message on Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announcement/Results(short_version).*
Hello all,
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024. 6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted.
The following four candidates were the most voted:
- Christel Steigenberger
- Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz
- Victoria Doronina
- Lorenzo Losa
While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in December 2024.
Read the full announcement on Meta-Wiki https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announcement/Results(long_version)
Best regards,
The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group
-- Katie Chan Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the author is associated with or employed by.
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