Thanks Pharos for making this offer and for outlining what your chapter
voting process will be! Both are good practices to bring to a process that
has in the past been generally opaque.
Best,
Phoebe
On Mar 8, 2016 8:14 AM, "Pharos" <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Pharos
<pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi fellow Wikimedians,
Wikimedia NYC is interested in opening up and diversifying the Wikimedia
Foundation board nominations process (beyond the typical
chapter-affiliated
candidates), so interested parties are welcomed
to submit their
self-nominations today on Meta-Wiki, and we will consider all reasonable
applications from around the world, and will endorse those
non-traditional
candidates whose inclusion we would find to
benefit the overall elections
process.
You just have to start the page for your nomination on Meta-Wiki today,
details can be filled in over the coming week.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominat…
Nominations must be in by UTC end of day March 8 on Meta-Wiki (which is
the global deadline), and Wikimedia NYC will formally make the choice of
candidates to endorse for participation in the elections at its March 16
'WikiWednesday' public meeting, to be determined by an open vote of
attendees at that meeting.
We also commit to having a vote at our public meeting in April or May to
make our chapter's decision for the actual elections.
Feel free to write to us beforehand if you have questions.
Thanks,
Pharos
Wikimedia NYC
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:40 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The board of trustees for the Wikimedia Foundation has 10 seats. The
> office
> holders for 2 of these 10 seats will be selected in the "2016
> affiliate-selected board seats" process described at
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016>
>
> For a candidate to be considered in this election, they must be
nominated
> by 8 March and endorsed by a voting Wikimedia
organizational affiliate
by
> 23 March.
>
> If anyone has any nomination to make, we are now in the last day!
> Nominations must be made by the end of 8 March! Make a nomination for
> yourself or another person at
> <
>
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominat…
> >
>
> For those making a nomination, please follow up by soliciting for
> endorsement of the nomination from one voting organization. That
> endorsement must be posted by 23 March. Candidates in the election must
be
nominated
by the end of March 8 and must have their endorsement by 23
March.
Beyond nomination, please participate in the election by encouraging all
organizations which are eligible to vote to cast their vote later during
the voting period.
Thanks - and forgive me if I misspoke in any part of this. I am anxious
about writing correctly and clearly. The official election documentation
is
on-wiki.
yours,
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
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