[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

The voting system (single transferable vote) chosen reflects the electorate's choice fairly. In this case, the primarily Global North electorate prefers to elect Global North candidates, so the election system has faithfully expressed the voting outcome of that behaviour. So, I do not blame the

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

We better set a new criteria that board candidates for 2022 and 2023 must reside outside the 28th parallel north and 42nd meridian east. Kind regards, Butch Bustria On Thu, 9 Sep 2021, 7:22 pm Mario Gómez, wrote: > Fully agree with Mike. > > Also, rather than focusing on how different voting

[Wikimedia-l] Participate in the upcoming Universal Code of Conduct Roundtable on 18 September 2021

Hello all, This announcement is available in other languages . The Movement Strategy and Governance facilitation team is hosting Roundtable discussions

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

Congrats to the 4 winners. Looking forward to you taking on your roles on the board :-) James On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 2:52 PM Ad Huikeshoven wrote: > > For starters, I would like to thank outgoing board members DocJames and > Raystorm for their service to the community by dedicating a lot of

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the first round of grants from the Equity Fund

On Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 11:16 PM Nadee Gunasena wrote: > Gnangarra, the first round of grantees with this pilot fund was based on > suggestions from the Equity Fund Committee itself, as the Equity Fund was > being created. However, we recognize that, for example, this round *does > not include

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Welcoming the first round of grants from the Equity Fund

I find it hard to disagree with any of Yair's points. Equally puzzling is why the 2019/2020 surplus was passed to Tides Advocacy in the first place, rather than, say, being added to the Wikimedia Endowment, or simply retained by the WMF, along with the rest of the year's substantial surplus.