[Foundation-l] Information about 2009 Board of Trustees election

Wed May 27 15:54:29 UTC 2009

The reason not to have it in two weeks is that it generally takes  
longer than that to effectively translate both the policy pages and  
the candidate statements to allow as many people to participate in as  
many languages as possible.  Two weeks would almost guarantee a  
primarily english-centric election.  In the past we've had no problem  
getting the votes counted/confirmed in two days; we did it last year.

And as to the number of seats... checking.  I seem to recall that  
three seats is correct as well; I think the single seat statement came  
through with last years' text.  Once I've confirmed that, we'll update  
the page.

___________________
Philippe

On May 27, 2009, at 7:56 AM, effe iets anders wrote:

> Hm, that was also the information I got :)
>
> Besides that, I personally feel that one week in the middle of the
> vacation is somewhat short for an internet election. Is there an
> urgent reason not to have it for two weeks? And good luck to count and
> confirm the votes within two days time! :o I'd find it impressive if
> that works so well in that tight schedule.
>
> Best,
>
> Lodewijk
>
> 2009/5/27 Ting Chen <wing.philopp at gmx.de>:
>> Hello Philippe,
>>
>> I thought this year three candidates would be elected.
>>
>> Ting
>>
>> philippe wrote:
>>> Information concerning the election rules, candidacy, and suffrage/
>>> voting requirements for the 2009 election to the Board of Trustees  
>>> is
>>> now posted at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2009/ 
>>> en.
>>> I have copied it below, but for the wiki-links to work, you will -  
>>> of
>>> course - need to be on meta.
>>>
>>> For the election committee,
>>> Philippe
>>>
>>> ________________________
>>>
>>> The 2009 elections to the Board of Trustees will be held between
>>> August 3rd and August 10th 2009. Members of the Wikimedia community
>>> have the opportunity to elect one candidate to a two-year term which
>>> will expire in 2011. The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing
>>> authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
>>> organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia  
>>> Foundation
>>> manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.
>>> The elections will be held securely on servers belonging to an
>>> independent third party (to be confirmed). Votes are secret and are
>>> only visible to the select few persons who audit and tally the
>>> election. Voters will submit ranked preferences by numbering
>>> candidates. The votes will be tallied using the Schulze methodto  
>>> rank
>>> candidates based on the number of voters who prefer that candidate
>>> over other candidates.
>>> The Election Committee intends to announce the results on or before
>>> August 12th. Detailed results will be available. All times on this
>>> page are 00:00 (midnight) UTC.
>>> Contents [hide]
>>> 1 Information for voters
>>> 1.1 Requirements
>>> 1.2 How to vote
>>> 2 Information for candidates
>>> 2.1 Responsibilities as member of the Board
>>> 2.2 Prerequisites to candidacy
>>> 2.3 How to submit your candidacy
>>> 3 Organization
>>> 3.1 Time line
>>> 3.2 Translators
>>> [edit]Information for voters
>>>
>>> [edit]Requirements
>>> You may vote from any one registered account you own on a Wikimedia
>>> wiki (you may only vote once, regardless of how many accounts you
>>> own). To qualify, this one account must:
>>> not be blocked; and
>>> not be a bot; and
>>> have made at least 600 edits before 01 June 2009 across across
>>> Wikimedia wikis (edits on several wikis can be combined if your
>>> accounts are unified into a global account); and
>>> have made at least 50 edits between 01 January and 1 July 2009.
>>> Special exceptions: the following may vote regardless of the above
>>> requirements:
>>> Wikimedia server administrators with shell access;
>>> paid staff of the Wikimedia Foundation who started working at the
>>> office before 01 March 2009;
>>> current or former members of the Board of Trustees.
>>> [edit]How to vote
>>> If you are eligible to vote:
>>> Read the candidate presentations and decide which candidates you  
>>> will
>>> support.
>>> Go to the wiki page "Special:Securepoll" on one wiki you qualify to
>>> vote from. For example, if you are most active on the wiki
>>> meta.wikimedia.org/, go to meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ 
>>> Special:Securepoll.
>>> Follow the instructions on that page.
>>> [edit]Information for candidates
>>>
>>> A detailed description of the responsibilities of a member of the
>>> Board can be found at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_member 
>>> .
>>> [edit]Responsibilities as member of the Board
>>> Being a Board member of a small organization like the Wikimedia
>>> Foundation, which faces immense challenges, can be time-consuming.  
>>> The
>>> position is voluntary and unpaid. While board members are not  
>>> expected
>>> to bring personal money to the organisation, they are welcome to  
>>> help
>>> raise funds.
>>> Board members are expected to attend at least 3–4 meetings per  
>>> year in
>>> person, attend Wikimania (our annual conference), and attend other
>>> scheduled online meetings and votes. The Board communicates
>>> intensively via e-mail, wiki, and IRC. Individual trustees sometimes
>>> participate in strategic meetings with other organizations and
>>> companies, relaying results back to Board and staff.
>>> Individual board members are expected to be involved in certain
>>> activities (such as fundraising, Wikimania, or auditing) and to help
>>> draft policies, charters and resolutions on such topics.
>>> Because Board members owe duties by virtue of their position,
>>> candidates who currently hold paid positions with the Wikimedia
>>> Foundation must resign from those position before they can be
>>> appointed to the Board of Trustees. This is to avoid potential
>>> conflicts of interests.
>>> [edit]Prerequisites to candidacy
>>> To be eligible as a candidate, you must:
>>> have made at least 600 edits before 01 March 2009 on any one
>>> registered account (edits on several wikis can be combined if your
>>> accounts are unified into a global account); and
>>> have made at least 50 edits between 01 January and 01 July 2009; and
>>> publicly disclose your real name in your candidate presentation
>>> (because the identities of Board members are a matter of public
>>> record, it is not possible to hold a position on the Board of  
>>> Trustees
>>> anonymously or under a pseudonym); and
>>> be at least 18 years old and of legal age in your home country.
>>> Special exceptions: current members of the Board of Trustees may be
>>> candidates regardless of the above requirements.
>>> [edit]How to submit your candidacy
>>> If you are eligible, you can submit your candidacy by doing the
>>> following:
>>> Write a brief summary of no more than 1200 characters stating what  
>>> you
>>> would do if you were elected to the Board of Trustees, your relevant
>>> opinions and experience, and anything else you think is relevant.  
>>> You
>>> may not use your candidate summary to link to lists of  
>>> endorsements or
>>> other platform pages, and may not run on a slate with other  
>>> candidates.
>>> Submit your summary between 00:00, 06 July 2009 (UTC) and 23:59, 20
>>> July 2009 (UTC). After July 20, it cannot be changed except for  
>>> minor
>>> corrections or translation. Any additions submitted after this
>>> deadline will be time-stamped and presented separately from the
>>> original summary, and will only be presented to voters if they get
>>> translated into all of the same languages as the original summary.
>>> Submit proof of your identity to Cary Bass (Volunteer Coordinator)
>>> before 20 July 2009. You will be privately contacted by a member of
>>> the Election Committee with further information about meeting this
>>> requirement when you list yourself as a candidate.
>>> Candidates who fail to comply with the above requirements and
>>> deadlines will be disqualified.
>>> [edit]Organization
>>>
>>> [edit]Time line
>>> 01–30 June 2009: primary translation phase; subcommittee actively
>>> coordinates and promotes translation.
>>> 06–20 July 2009: candidate submissions.
>>> 20 July 2009: deadline to send proof of identity (late or missing
>>> submissions will be disqualified).
>>> 03–10 August 2009: elections.
>>> 10–12 August 2009: vote-checking.
>>> 12 August 2009: publication of results.
>>> [edit]Translators
>>> To ensure that a representative cross-section of the Wikimedia
>>> community takes part in this election, it is important to translate
>>> election notices and candidate statements into as many languages as
>>> possible. To help translate, please see the translation page.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Ting
>>
>> Ting's Blog: http://wingphilopp.blogspot.com/
>>
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