Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
Congratulations to the winners! David Parreño Mont El ds., 6 juny 2015 a les 1:14, Gregory Varnum (gregory.var...@gmail.com) va escriure: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
Congratulations to the winners! However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes :D El sáb., 6 de jun. de 2015 3:22, Johan Jönsson brevlis...@gmail.com escribió: Congratulations, Dariusz, James and Denny! And thanks, of course, to María, Phoebe and SJ for the time they've served on behalf of the community, as well as to all the other candidates, who were prepared to serve, and to the elections committee. //Johan Jönsson -- 2015-06-06 1:14 GMT+02:00 Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
David Cuenca Tudela skrev den 2015-06-06 09:01: However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes :D Why hilarious? We had a full consensus in the election Committee to go for S/N/O voting, it is a kind of standard procedure in the Wikimedia world. For the algorithm (S/(S+O)) it has been used several times, but for me it was new and I initiated a deeper look into it. I looked into the alternative (S-O) which in this case would have made a difference between Raystorm and Denny. But I also found that the algorithm (S-O)/(S+O) actually gives the same result as the one we used. So in the end I believe the algortihm used makes very good sense. As with everything it could of course be debated, and any comment on this would be welcome in https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem Anders ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
many thanks! I extend my warm congratulations to Denny and James, and would like to sincerely thank SJ, Maria, and Phoebe, and hope to be able to draw on their tremendous experience and knowledge. best, dj On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 1:14 AM, Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- __ prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i centrum badawczego CROW Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk członek Komitetu Polityki Naukowej MNiSW Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Recenzje Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
Congratulations to the new Board members - I am sure you will do a great job. And commiserations to those who will be leaving the Board - thank you for all your hard work over many years. Also it is good to see a much higher turnout in this year's elections than in 2013 - well done to those involved :) On the subject of voting systems, though... On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Anders Wennersten m...@anderswennersten.se wrote: David Cuenca Tudela skrev den 2015-06-06 09:01: However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes :D Why hilarious? We had a full consensus in the election Committee to go for S/N/O voting, it is a kind of standard procedure in the Wikimedia world. Many people looked at voting systems before the Wikimedia movement existed and virtually none of them settled on the system we ended up with. Perhaps this should tell us something! To my mind the key problems with the present system are: 1) Oppose votes have greater weight than support votes. In this case, Maria would have needed 136 additional support votes to win, or 46 fewer oppose votes. In effect an Oppose vote was worth 2.96 times as much as a support vote for her. As a result, being non-opposed is much more important than being supported. The penalty for doing anything controversial is significant. 2) There is nothing in the process to produce any diversity in the result. Say that there was a 2/3 to 1/3 split in the electorate on some important issue. The right answer would surely be that you elect 2 people with one view and 1 with the other. However, in this voting system you would likely end up electing 3 people from the majority point of view. Because the Wikimedia movement is much more complex than this it is difficult to conclude that there was any particular issue like this that would have affected the result, but still, the point applies. The voting system builds in homogeneity not diversity. Regards, Chris ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
That's quite a surprise! I am really happy to see the substantial changes! Congratulations! On Jun 6, 2015 01:14, Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
Congratulations, Dariusz, James and Denny! And thanks, of course, to María, Phoebe and SJ for the time they've served on behalf of the community, as well as to all the other candidates, who were prepared to serve, and to the elections committee. //Johan Jönsson -- 2015-06-06 1:14 GMT+02:00 Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
Hi Everyone Thank you to the Election Committee for all the hard work in both these and the FDC elections! It is amazing to see how many votes were cast this year, which is great. And voters came from a much larger spread of projects than before. As we can see from the results every vote really can make a difference. I would like to give a special thanks to all the affiliates who facilitated discussion within their community’s and encouraged people to vote. Congratulations to Dariusz, James and Denny on being elected to the Wikimedia Board of Trustees! Their formal appointment will take place at Wikimania. When that time comes we will also thank Maria, Phoebe and SJ properly for all the hard work over the past years :) Apart from thanking all those who voted I would like to do a final thank you to everyone who ran in these elections. It is an incredible amount of work to run in these elections (especaily with all the questions that have to be answered, often not in a native language). You are a great pool of volunteers and hopefully you are able to help in other places within the movement. As discussed with some of you we are looking at a way to keep the candidates involved and somehow benefit from your expertise in the future :) Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation On 06 Jun 2015, at 01:14, Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections
Thank you, Greg. Kudos to the committee on a well-run election process, particularly in encouraging participation. And warm congratulations to Dariusz, Denny, and James! I know you will be excellent in this role. SJ On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: That's quite a surprise! I am really happy to see the substantial changes! Congratulations! On Jun 6, 2015 01:14, Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election are now available on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees, after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania. These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees. There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4. Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a blog post on the process behind the elections will be published in the coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well for you in this election? What could we do better next time? These reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful, and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the movement’s history. Sincerely, – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha, Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
