Id just like to give my thanks to the election committee for organising
this for us, and I hope the rigour the process achieved will have gone some
way to countering the doubts some people had about how representative WMUK
could ever be.
Those of us elected have been handed a clear mandate to turn WMUK into an
open, transparent and democratic charity as soon as conceivably possible,
something I for one am determined to see happen. I urge the future members
of WMUK to hold a (metaphorical) whip over me and the rest of the board to
keep things moving and to make sure we dont stray from what weve been
elected to do.
We are very much only a temporary board, and I hope that all of those who
stood this time will stand again in the official elections which will
hopefully come in the next few months. I also hope that those who have been
instrumental in getting us this far (not least Tango) will continue to help
as actively as they have up to now.
I should also add a brief apology: Ive been in crunch with a paper since
getting back from holidays so I havent been around as much as I might have
been, so sorry! Ive been continuing slowly at least with Wikimania stuff
and have a few new open leads, however in the next few weeks Ill be both
ramping up my efforts on it and making a more concerted effort to assign
jobs to particular people.
May I suggest that we have our first open board meeting at 8PM tonight
(Tuesday) on IRC to discuss whos doing which of the initial tasks.
Tom
From: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikimediauk-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of joseph
seddon
Sent: 30 September 2008 00:50
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org; wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] Results of Wikimedia UK board election
On behalf of British community and the election committee, I would like to
thank all those who participated
in this election. The committee apologises for the delay in getting these
results out. Internet access and real
life resulted in time not being readily available this weekend and hence the
lateness. In total, 27 members of the
British community voted in the election, therefore, to reach the 50%
requirement, 14 votes in favour of a candidate
were required.
5 candidates will head the initial board for Wikimedia UK and be responsible
for its set up. Due to only 5 candidates
reaching the required 50% vote the board the board will consist of those
people. The board members are as follows:
KTC
AndrewRT
CFP
Warofdreams
Mike Peel.
I would like to wish the best of luck to all those who will be responsible,
whether board members or not, for making
Wikimedia UK a fully functional and successful chapter . In time, feedback
will be passed onto the board before the
next elections to hopefully improve this process.
User:Seddon @ en:wiki
Election committee
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