I am not 100% sure I understand the graphic well. So please correct me if I am wrong in my interpretation.

But the way I understand it, it seems to me that the issue #1 is that voters are un-educated about how to vote wisely in such a voting system.

For example, let's consider the votes from those who voted for Tesleemah. When she was dropped, 80 of the votes went down the drain. That means 80 people voted either for her ONLY, or for her and maybe Mohammed and Erik. That is IT.
Their vote was lost. I in fact suspect that she had a lot of voters for her who actually put only her name and none others. 
Maybe those voters did not understand how valuable it would have been to put more names on their list.

I know that I realized that situation during the voting process when some people told me that they had voted for "their favorite choice". And when I said "you probably should not vote for only one person but for several", they went "Really ????"

The fact that 413 votes were lost all together as non-transferable is certainly pointing out to a lack of understanding of the process and how to make the best of the vote.

And maybe some communities understand this voting system better than other communities.

My point #2 is that if under represented communities really want to have a person on the board, they really need to adopt a collective strategy where there will be only one candidate for it to avoid spreading thin.
OR, if they have two (or more), they need to push the idea that the people voting for them should also put a vote for the other, for the rank immediately below, rather than only for their favorite choice amongst the two (obviously, they should vote for the two only if both options are acceptable in their book). This would ensure the vote to be transferred to the second when their fav choice is eliminated.


Looks to me that the issue might be rethinking on how to teach voters how to vote strategically.

And maybe... maybe... though it is a "decrease of liberty", it should be made mandatory to rank at least half of the candidates ?


Flo




Le 11/10/2024 à 11:49, Philip Kopetzky a écrit :

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:

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Hello all,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election. 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

Best regards,

The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group

-- 
Katie Chan
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