Hi, //Having least number of eligible voter among the community was a major challenge to the Indic candidates. Mean time in future indic community support is mostly important.// We are missing the larger perspective here. All three winning candidates and others who lost closely did not get those votes because they came from some specific global region or promised to do something if elected. They got those votes for what they have *already accomplished* in the Wikimedia movement. Even if there are more eligible voters from India, one cannot assume they will all vote for candidates from India because ultimately Wikimedia ecosystem values meritocracy. All candidates from India have got more votes than the number of eligible voters from India. So, it shows that the world is willing to vote for us if we project the right candidates. For any candidate, if this is the first time the world is hearing about her or him with no proven track record in the movement, the chances of getting selected is zero. Diversity based on gender, region is good but that cannot occur over night. Only 2 out of 36 stewards are from India. Why don't we groom more stewards? Why don't we get engaged in various organizational activities like GAC, IEG, Wikimania scholarship committee, AffCom, FDC? Even having experience in the local chapter is valued. Why don't we try to get consistent visibility by attending and adding value to various movement related events like Wikimania, Wikimedia Conference, GLAM conference and Wikimedia Hackathon? Why don't we expand our contributions beyond our own language communities and get involved in more national and international activities? One could even simply start by organizing Wiki Loves Earth like contests in India. We already do have many such contributors and should encourage to contest next time. We need to bring more eminent contributors from FOSS movements to Wikimedia and Wikimedians should expand their contributions in other like minded initiatives. If someone hopes to get selected for 2017 elections, they better start working now at least. All the best :) Ravi _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l