Hello all,
(You can read this announcement in other languages on this page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election>
)
We are reaching out to you today regarding the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation
Board of Trustees election
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>. This
election was due to open on August 4th. Due to some technical issues with
SecurePoll, the election must be delayed by two weeks. This means we plan
to launch the election on August 18th, which is the day after Wikimania
concludes.
For information on the technical issues, you can see the Phabricator ticket
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287859>.
We are truly sorry for this delay and hope that we will get back on
schedule on August 18th. We are in touch with the Elections Committee and
the candidates to coordinate the next steps. We will update the Board
election Talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021>
and Telegram channel <https://t.me/wmboardgovernancechat> as we know more.
We are translating this announcement on Meta
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-02/Delay_of_the_2021_Board_of_Trustees_election>
and we are starting the mass distribution of the news as we speak.
--
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (he/him)
Movement Strategy and Governance, Wikimedia Foundation