¡Felicidades María!
Happy to see you again in the Board. Thanks to the BoT and to the 2015
Elections Committee for all the efforts solving this problem. The diversity
inside the Board gets many benefits with this appointment.
I trust you María!
2016-01-29 9:44 GMT-06:00 Galileo Vidoni <galio2k(a)gmail.com>om>:
Congratulations, María! I am sure your experience,
sensibility and wisdom
will be of great help for the Foundation at this difficult time.
Galileo
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvandijk(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear Patricio,
Thank you for the information. I would be interested in an elaboration
of the advantages and disadvantages of a community election, though.
Kind regards
Ziko
2016-01-29 16:27 GMT+01:00 Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente(a)gmail.com
:
Dear all,
I am happy to announce the Board intends to fill the open community
Trustee
> seat at our meeting this weekend. On Saturday, María Sefidari will
accept
> an appointment to the Board of Trustees,
stepping into the third
> community-nominated seat. The appointment will last the remainder of
the
> two year term, until Wikimania 2017.
>
>
> Many of you know María. She previously served as a community-selected
> Trustee from August 2013 to July 2015. In the most recent 2015
community
> elections, she received the next highest
support percentage, and
highest
> number of support votes. She was born and
lives in Madrid, Spain, and
has
been a
contributor to the Wikimedia projects since 2006. She was a
founding
member of Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT
Wikiproject, Wikimedia España, and
Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias. She has also served on the Affiliations
and
Individual Engagement Grants committees. María is
passionate about the
role
> of diversity in our strategic efforts to retain and increase
editorship,
and
improving channels for community participation in Foundation
governance
and policymaking.
We consulted with the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
before
> deciding how to proceed in identifying a new Trustee. They offered
> thoughtful feedback on the possible available options, and we’re
grateful
> for their considerations. (
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#20…
>
> )
>
>
> We are certain many of you are wondering why we decided against holding
> another election. We did consider the option, but the disadvantages
> outweighed the benefits. The last election was well-attended, and still
> quite recent. Holding a new election would take considerable time, and
we
> have important issues to address in the near
future. It was important
to
us
that the community perspective is fully
represented in these
conversations,
> without delay. We also didn’t want to distract from the affiliate
Trustee
selection
process, which is coming up soon.
I am excited by the dedication, compassion, and experience María brings
to
> the Board at a crucial time. We are confident she will serve our
mission
with
wisdom and grace.
Please join me in congratulating our friend María, and thanking her
service
to our movement.
Patricio
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