[Foundation-l] Licensing update vote result

[Michael Snow]

phoebe ayers wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:20 AM, Marco Chiesa <chiesa.marco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:54 AM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> The licensing update poll has been tallied.
>>>>
>>>> "Yes, I am in favor of this change" :  13242 (75.8%)
>>>> "No, I am opposed to this change" :  1829 (10.5%)
>>>> "I do not have an opinion on this change" :  2391 (13.7%)
>>>>
>>>> Total ballots cast and certified:  17462
>>>>         
>>> I think this is a very good result, in particular the turnout looks great to me!
>>> Congratulations to all who have worked hard to get to it, and I hope
>>> there will be a board resolution soon.
>>>       
>> As was commented on elsewhere, the 2008 Board Election only had 3019
>> votes, which also suggests the turnout this time was remarkable.
>>     
> Yes -- I think this is definitely the largest group of Wikimedians to
> ever collectively express an opinion on anything! It'd be worth
> figuring out why the vote was successful, if possible (long period of
> voting? ubiquitous sitenotices? Important topic? Lots of outside
> interest?)
>   
Deliberately low threshold for eligibility.

--Michael Snow