Yo are right but those figures tell us that chapters are in a very strong position if they where able to mobilize their 4000 affiliates in the community board elections. I wonder how many of the 3400 participants in the community elections were also affiliated to some chapter.

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*John Vandenberg* jayvdb at gmail.com <foundation-l%40lists.wikimedia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BFoundation-l%5D%20Call%20for%20nominations%3A%20chapter-appointed%20seats%20on%0A%20the%20WMF%20Board%20of%20Trustees&In-Reply-To=%3CCAO9U_Z56154XQMhH4PO1SEmq6Yv1y6P_c3L0rVU%2BcXsc3X5rUA%40mail.gmail.com%3E>

*Wed Feb  1 22:38:29 UTC 2012*

In the 2011 community board election, less than 3400 "users" voted.[1]

In the 2012 chapter board election, 39 chapters consisting of more than 4000 identified people will be voting.[2]

Unfortunately neither process captures a large percentage of the active Wikimedian community.