Regardless the timing of expansion (either this year or next) and who will be apppointed member (including if Jimmy will run for the Election or not), I would add there is one another issue we might take into consideration: the voting system. In the latest election, and after that, it was in an argument whether approval voting was the best system to choose the representatives of the Wikimedia community in our current circumstances. The discussion seems to have left without conclusion. It was clear that one month before the Election would be too late to pick it up, so I expect the community consider the way of vote counting regardless who they'll vote. Cheers, -- KIZU Naoko