Hi everybody,
I’ve just learned that Wikimedia Affiliates have a somewhat odd but important role in the
Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees elections [1]. These elections, to be held this
August, will select two community-and-affiliate candidates to serve on the Wikimedia
Foundation Board of Trustees [2]. An “Analysis Committee” will be convened to rate all ten
candidate as Gold, Silver or Bronze in July [3]. The top six candidates will then go to a
public vote in August. The Analysis Committee will consist of nine committee members, with
one person representing several thematic and regional groupings [4].
As a member of the North American regional grouping [5], the Wikimedians of Colorado User
Group has the right to work with the other North American affiliates to choose a single
representative to serve on the Analysis Committee. How? That remains to be seen. But if
you’d like to help out — and possibly go on to represent us all in the Analysis Committee
— please add yourself to the list at [5]. I have absolutely no idea what this might
entail, but it seems useful to start a discussion on the talk page [6] and see what we can
do to help.
Cheers,
Gaurav
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022>
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees>
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candida…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candidates>
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#Analysi…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#Analysis_Committee>
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affilia…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affiliates_regional_distribution_for_the_Analysis_Committee/North_America>
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Af…
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affiliates_regional_distribution_for_the_Analysis_Committee/North_America>