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 North Carolina Wikipedians 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/Candidat... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candidates [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#Analysis... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022#Analysis_Committee [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affiliat... 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/Aff... https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Affiliates_regional_distribution_for_the_Analysis_Committee/North_America