Lane Rasberry is the only one I know really well and I would strongly support them on the WMF Board.
Best James On Sat, Jul 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Send Offline-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/offline-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Offline-l digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [URGENT] : give your opinion about the Board of Trustees elections > (Florence Devouard) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 11:45:18 +0200 > From: Florence Devouard <[email protected]> > Subject: [Offline-l] [URGENT] : give your opinion about the Board of > Trustees elections > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="------------OZFREm4Jvy0lpS7KKEYgsqHh" > > Hello guys > > > Sj and I actually missed the first call for opinion of the UG with > regards to candidates to the Board of Trustees. Sj saw the reminder > today... and the deadline for the UG submission is on the 28th midnight. > > So time is short. Sorry about that. > > For your complete information, please see Ramzy email below (but you do > not need to read it all if you do not with too) > > > So what we need from you > > *A. Please check out the full list of all candidates to the BOT. This is > here: * > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates > > > *B. For each of them, please give a grade from 0 to 5* > > 0 means: no support > 5: super extra massive support > > If you do not mention the name or if you do not mention a grade, the > person will get 0. > > To make it simpler for you, the list > > Abdul-Rafiu Fuseini > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Abdul-Rafiu_Fuseini>: > > Ahmad Ali Karim > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Ahmad_Ali_Karim>: > > Bobby Shabangu : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Bobby_Shabangu>James > Alexander : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/James_Alexander>Jonathan > Cardy : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Jonathan_Cardy>Lane > Rasberry : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Lane_Rasberry>Maxime > Baidakov : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Maxime_Baidakov>Michał > Buczyński : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Micha%C5%82_Buczy%C5%84ski>Mohammed > Kamal-Deen Fuseini : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Mohammed_Kamal-Deen_Fuseini>Ravan > J Al-Taie : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Ravan_J_Al-Taie>Shahen > Araboghlian : > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Shahen_Araboghlian>Wojciech > Pędzich > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Wojciech_P%C4%99dzich>: > > > > *C: Send your votes, either to Sj or to me* > > We will compile. > And the 6 most voted upon will be presented for the UG > We will obviously not share your votes with anyone. > > Thanks ! > > > Flo and Sj > > -------- IF YOU WANT MORE INFO, READ BELOW--------- > > > Hello, > > > You are receiving this message either as a primary or secondary contact > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/User_Group_Primary_Contact_Rights_%26_Expectations> > of > a recognized Wikimedia movement Affiliate that is currently compliant > with their reporting obligations (list of all Affiliates currently > compliant > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement_affiliates/Affiliates_Status_Report/Archive/2025-07>). > > > This is a friendly reminder that the shortlisting process to produce 6 > (six) final candidates that will be voted on by the wider community is > open until Monday, July 28, 2025 at 23:59 UTC. Your group is eligible > to participate in the shortlisting process based on the candidates’ > alignment with the requirements and desired criteria for candidates > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidate_application>. > > * If your affiliate has identified your representative for the > shortlisting process by filing out the LimeSurvey that was sent > alongside the previous email, you can go ahead and participate in > the shortlisting process. > * If your affiliate did not manage to identify your representative for > the shortlisting process in time (i.e. you did not fill out the > LimeSurvey), we will accept votes only either from the primary > contact or the secondary contact > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/User_Group_Primary_Contact_Rights_%26_Expectations> > of > the Affiliate as listed in the Foundation’s database. > * Please ensure that only one response per affiliate is submitted. > > Here’s the course of action for the shortlisting process: > > > [Note: LimeSurvey is a third-party service that may subject it to > additional terms. 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