Hello dear all,

I�d like to close these elections by making a few comments, some of them for the past (thoughts on these elections), some for the future.

quelques commentaires....

Merci � Danny et Imran pour avoir fait du bon boulot dans l'organisation des �lections.

First, I�d like to thanks Danny and Imran, who, to my opinion, handled this election well. They were helpful, without being heavy, without being strict :-). Organising it all certainly took a good bunch of hours to both of them, and was a bit tough on them sometimes, so I would really like that we are thankful to them that all went well. On top of it, Danny had to take care of my questions, comments and worries during all the election time, so I would like to give him a particular thank you note for being so patient and caring :-)

Merci � Tim Starling �galement :-)

Second, I�d like to thank Tim, for the neat voting option he set for this election :-) I think it a very good tool for wikimedia-wide decision making. It is great that all results are displayed on all wikis, that we can confortably vote locally, that translations could be provided and so on. Good job :-)

Merci bien sur � tous ceux qui m'ont soutenu.

Third, I would like to thank the numerous wikimedians who offered me their support. It is really warming me up. Now, there really is a lot to do, and I hope Angel and I will help you to achieve our common dream. As usual, it is a team work, and I would like to remind you, that we will be here to represent all of you. We won't be there to decide instead of you. We are all part of a really great project, and everyone has room to participate. None of us know everything, but each of us knows something and can bring his part to the global scheme.

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I�d be happy to suggest an improvement or two for the next elections :-) But since this mail is long, I will post them later on the election feedback page.

J'ai quelques suggestions d'am�lioration pour de prochaines �lections. Je les posterais sur meta.

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Je suis ravie de l'�lection d'Angel. Et puis, deux femmes au board...

I am very happy that I will have the opportunity to work with Angel. Well, we already know each other quite well, from irc discussion, from our implication in the mediation committee on en, for the time we both spend on meta, for both being steward and ambassadors. Though we both have disagreements sometimes, we manage them.

I am glad the german chapter was created this week end, and hope the french one will be soon.

A propos d'organisations locales, l'association germanophone a �t� fond�e ce week end. J'esp�re que nous aurons un feedback d�taill�e, mais je signale en particulier la nomination de Elian au sein du conseil, en tant que secr�taire. Pour rappel, Elian parle le fran�ais. Pour l'association francophone, il est bien entendu que j'esp�re sa cr�ation sous peu. Je souhaite faire partie du comit� de pilotage, � priori comme simple membre, � la fois par int�r�t propre dans l'association, et pour aider la cr�ation d'autres associations ult�rieurement. J'attend avec impatience notre rencontre � Paris, avec Jimbo et j'esp�re, le plus grand nombre possible de Wikip�diens.

Finally, I would like to repeat something I said on my candidate statement : " I would like that we build a Wikimedia-wide culture of love and respect; and, whoever the candidates elected are, I hope that most people listed here become active participants of the Foundation itself." I think each candidate had a different approach, and these different approaches hold a great diversity which will greatly benefit the project. So, I certainly hope and intend to make it possible, that several of them become heavily implicated in the Foundation itself.

There is a lot of work to do. And the good news is that there really is work for every one who feels like doing something ! We have the members fees system to organise, copyright issues to fix, fundraising to develop, quality control to established on print copies, local chapter setting up, etc...

We need a little bit of time to organise ourselves with Angela (who is probably on her plane back) and with Jimbo (now, nearly on holidays but for the french meeting... Jimbo, you need some real holidays...).

My talk pageS (now, I really need that global watch list feature :-)) and my mail adress are open to you. IRC is also a great way to directly discuss. Please do not hesitate to do so.

Thanks again for your support :-)

Florence/Anthere

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