Thanks, Gaurav and Isarra!
To keep track of news like this in general, it is good to watch this page for our group:
Talk:Wikimedians of Colorado User Group - Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group
Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 03:15:55PM -0400, Gaurav Vaidya wrote:
Hello friends!
As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees is soon going to include two members elected by Wikimedia Affliates [1], including the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (hereafter: "we" or "our" or "WM-CUG" if I'm feeling formal). A call for candidates to these positions is now open [2]. After May 8, we will be submit ONE VOTE in which we RANK the candidates we would like elected to the board in our order of preference. The ugly details are available here [3], but really this is just a Single Transferable Vote [4].
I'm currently listed as the primary contact for WM-CUG, so I'll make sure we can discuss this vote on-wiki and on this mailing list, decide on our final vote, and communicate that to the Wikimedia Foundation (hereafter: "thems"). If somebody else would like to take over this job, please holler! If you have any other questions, please let me know and I'll send it on to thems and see what thems say.
Note that we're only eligible to vote because Isarra and Nealmcb completed and submitted our Annual Report 2018 [5], so thanks so much for that!
cheers, Gaurav
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Call_for... [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_election_FAQ#... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Droop_quota [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Re...
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