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Asunto: [All-affiliates] ASBS results
Fecha: 2019-06-12 16:58
De: Ad Huikeshoven <ad(a)huikeshoven.org>
Destinatario: all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Responder a: Wikimedia Affiliates <all-affiliates(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear Wikimedians,
We are writing to let you know the result of the election for the 2
Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia Foundation board. The
successful candidates were Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov.
A total of 122 affiliates voted, 85% of the 143 eligible to vote, which
is a record.
As you know the election was conducted under a variation of the Single
Transferable Vote, which meant that prorated votes were redistributed
between candidates to come up with the final result. In the 10th step of
counting the final place, after Nataliia Tymkiv was elected, was between
Shani Evenstein Sigalov (40.519678) and Richard Knipel (40.480322).
We have put the full count narrative on meta so that others can verify
it if they wish.[1] It is the closest ASBS result for some time, and all
candidates brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the WMF.
In the 9th step of counting Reda Kerbouche lost by a very small margin.
Adding a ballot with rank #1 for Richard or Reda would result in them
being elected instead of Shani. The same goes for removing a ballot.
Changing the ranking on one of the ballots in a specific can way can
result in a different outcome for the second seat. This is an election
in which every vote counts.
As in any election, there is a chance that some voters misinterpreted
the instructions and voted wrongly. We don't see a justification for an
action as extraordinary and controversial as opening votes for review
after the vote period is over. The instructions were visible and clear:
"Rank any candidate from 1 (your preferred candidate) to 11 (your least
preferred candidate)." After voting, voters received a confirmation
email stating the name of each candidate they voted with the number of
their rank: Rank 1, Rank 2, ... The agency of voters should be
respected. As part of the retrospective we may identify areas of
improvements on our side, but still the process was quite simple and
documented.
Some voters realized they made a mistake and requested a new ballot. New
ballots were issued in those cases. This choice was done because of the
specific situation of this election, since the process was complex for
new affiliates and participation, diversity and inclusion were a clear
goal.[2] We have published on meta information about who got a new
ballot within the voting deadline.[3] The Election Facilitators have
been available nearly 24 hours a day monitoring the various
communication channels to answer any questions affiliates might have. We
did our best at answering all of them.
After our own scrutiny of the data, and based on our experience in
community processes, we strongly advise the community to respect the
integrity of the process, and advise against allowing any modifications
of votes at this point. If the votes had been reopened for modification
with or without publishing vote results, that would have caused
significant confusion and criticism that could have jeopardized the
entire election.
We will publish a debrief with recommendations for a next ASBS process
on meta.[4] We invite all representatives of affiliates to a feedback
session at Wikimania.[5]
We would like to congratulate Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein
Sigalov and thank everyone who stood.
Regards,
Ad Huikeshoven, Lane Rasberry, Jeffrey Keefer, Neal McBurnett, Abhinav
Srivastava, Alessandor Marchetti
Election Facilitators
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results
[1]
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2…
[2]
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_bal…
[3]
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief
[4]
[5] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback [5]
Links:
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[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2…
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_bal…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief
[5] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback
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