Thank you, facilitators, for your hard work on this process! Chris (ASBS facilitator the last two times around)
On Sat, Apr 6, 2019 at 11:12 AM Ad Huikeshoven <a...@huikeshoven.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > The Election Facilitators met on Friday, April 5. We finalized the > resolution, which is now frozen.[1] The Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia > Foundation will be asked to approve the resolution. > > We have made two small changes to be more inclusive. We extended the date > for compliance with AffCom reporting and being in good standing to May 8 to > allow time for as many Affiliates as possible to be current with these > requirements. The Election Facilitators adjusted the language in case a > quorum is not met during the election. > > On the talk page of the resolution one issue was raised. The issue looks > like to be about a possible candidate. Affiliates will have ample time to > discuss the merits of candidates during nomination time, screening time, > and they can cast their votes on candidates. The Election Facilitators > didn't see the necessity for this change, and left the resolution on this > point unchanged. > > The Election Facilitators will be Abhinav Srivastava, Lane Rasberry, > Jeffrey Keefer, Ad Huikeshoven, Neal McBurnett and Alessandro Marchetti. We > will welcome more volunteers to assist us in this process, to reach out to > the diversity in language and gender in our communities, and do so in an > advisory role. > > The nomination period opens op April 15. We are going to prepare nomination > pages on meta. You can expect a call for nominations. There is a draft > call, including a candidates' profile section with non-binding guidelines > about experience and characteristics for nominees.[2] You are welcome to > add your insights, or discuss on the talk page. > > Erica Litrenta (WMF staff) supports us in this process. She will reach out > to all affiliates through mail and other channels to make sure we are up to > date with (user)name and contact details of your primary contact. > > On behalf of the Election Facilitators, > > Ad Huikeshoven > > [1] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019 > [2] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Call_for_Candidates#Candidates%27_profiles > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
