Dear all,
(This message is also available in Arabic, French, Igbo, and more
here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024…)
This year, the term of 4 (four) Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees on the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees will come to an end [1]. The Board invites the
whole movement to participate in this year’s selection process and vote to fill those
seats.
The Elections
Committee<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_F…
will oversee this process with support from Foundation staff [2]. The Governance Committee
created a Board Selection Working Group from trustees who cannot be candidates in the 2024
community- and affiliate-selected trustee selection process composed of Dariusz
Jemielniak, Nataliia Tymkiv, Esra'a Al Shafei, Kathy Collins, and Shani Evenstein
Sigalov [3]. The group is tasked with providing Board oversight for the 2024 trustee
selection process, and for keeping the Board informed. More details on the roles of the
Elections Committee, Board, and staff are here [4].
Here are the key planned dates:
* May 2024: Call for candidates and call for questions
* June 2024: Affiliates vote to shortlist 12 candidates (no shortlisting if 15 or fewer
candidates apply) [5]
* June-August 2024: Campaign period
* End of August / beginning of September 2024: Two-week community voting period
* October–November 2024: Background check of selected candidates
* Board’s Meeting in December 2024: New trustees seated
Learn more about the 2024 selection process - including the detailed timeline, the
candidacy process, the campaign rules, and the voter eligibility criteria - on this
Meta-wiki
page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024…24>.
Election Volunteers
Another way to be involved with the 2024 selection process is to be an Election Volunteer.
Election Volunteers are a bridge between the Elections Committee and their respective
community. They help ensure their community is represented and mobilize them to vote.
Learn more about the program and how to join on this Meta-wiki
page<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024…rs>.
Thank you!
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results…
[2]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Committee:Elections_Committee_Charter
[3]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Minutes:2023-08-15#Governance_Committ…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee/Ro…
[5] Even though the ideal number is 12 candidates for 4 open seats, the shortlisting
process will be triggered if there are more than 15 candidates because the 1–3 candidates
that are removed might feel ostracized, and it would be a lot of work for affiliates to
carry out the shortlisting process to only eliminate 1–3 candidates from the candidate
list.
Best regards,
Dariusz Jemielniak
Governance Committee Chair
Board Selection Working Group