Hello,
This is a very interesting result. Now we know that those voted by the community and half of those voted by affiliates to represent the community and the affiliates at the Boars of Trustees voted against the interests of both the community and the affiliates, while arguing that they were voting for the interests of the WMF. As the BoT is, by definition, the one directing what the interests of the WMF are, we must conclude that all the so-called community-elected and half of the affiliated-elected voted against the interests of their represented. What interests did they vote for? That's the question that remains unanswered.

Thanks to all the members of the MCDC for their huge work.

Galder

2024(e)ko uzt. 18(a) 14:39 erabiltzaileak hau idatzi du (Charter Electoral Commission <cec@wikimedia.org>):

Hello everyone,


After carefully tallying both individual and affiliate votes, the Charter Electoral Commission is pleased to announce the final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter voting.  


As communicated by the Charter Electoral Commission, we reached the quorum for both Affiliate and individual votes by the time the vote closed on July 9, 23:59 UTC. We thank all 2,451 individuals and 129 Affiliate representatives who voted in the ratification process. Your votes and comments are invaluable for the future steps in Movement Strategy. 


The final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter ratification voting held between 25 June and 9 July 2024 are as follows: 

Individual vote: 


Out of 2,451 individuals who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 2,446 have been accepted as valid votes. Among these, 1,710 voted “yes”; 623 voted “no”; and 113 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 73.30% voted to approve the Charter (1710/2333), while 26.70% voted to reject the Charter (623/2333).


Affiliates vote: 


Out of 129 Affiliates designated voters who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 129 votes are confirmed as valid votes. Among these, 93 voted “yes”; 18 voted “no”; and 18 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 83.78% voted to approve the Charter (93/111), while 16.22% voted to reject the Charter (18/111).


Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation:


The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees voted not to ratify the proposed Charter during their special Board meeting on July 8, 2024. The Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Natalia Tymkiv, shared the result of the vote, the resolution, meeting minutes and proposed next steps.  


With this, the Wikimedia Movement Charter in its current revision is not ratified.


We thank you for your participation in this important moment in our movement’s governance.


The Charter Electoral Commission,

 Abhinav619, Borschts, Iwuala Lucy, Tochiprecious, Der-Wir-Ing