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On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds good, thank you Pharos and WMNYC! > > Pine > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Pharos <pharosofalexand...@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/Nominations > > > > 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 <l...@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/Nominations > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > l...@bluerasberry.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > 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 > > 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 > 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> > -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines 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>