Dear Wikimedians, Thank you for your interest in the Wikimedia Board Election for 2007 [1]. Last Saturday, June 23, we closed the acceptance of candidates and community endorsements for those candidates. From the 18 people who entered this election for three seats of Board of Trustees, we are glad to announce that 15 candidates are validated (they received the required 12 endorsements or more and have confirmed their identity [2]) and will show on the upcoming voting.

The candidates who will be appearing in the upcoming voting [3] are: *Ausir (Paweł Dembowski) *Danny (Danny Wool) *DragonFire1024 (Jason Safoutin) *Eloquence (Erik Möller) *Frieda (Frieda Brioschi) *Kate (River Tarnell) *Kim Bruning *Kingboyk (Stephen Kennedy) *Michael Snow *Mindspillage (Kathleen Walsh) *Oscar (Oscar van Dillen) *UninvitedCompany (Steve Dunlop) *WarX (Artur Jan Fijałkowski) *Yann (Yann Forget) *^demon (Michael "Chad" Horohoe)

The votes will be accepted in 10 days and closed on Saturday, 23:59 July 7, 2007. The voting will be open for 10 days and closed on Saturday, 23:59 July 7, 2007. Details will come very soon.

We are now planning to be We would thank everyone who helped spreading information about this Election as well as the community members who have been involved to this point. In the upcoming elections, we are excited that many more Wikimedians will have the opportunity to participate. This is a unique opportunity to have a voice in the future of the Foundation.

Finally, we would like to wish all of the candidates the best of luck in this election and thank them for their willingness to serve the community.

Sincerely,

Wikimedia Board Election Steering Committee 2007, Aphaia Jon Harald Søby Newyourkbrad Philippe

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