Thank you to the team who did so much work to make this election happen. I think it was really important to trial the STV system with a large community participation to see whether it would yield a more diverse outcome.
I too am disappointed (but not surprised) that STV had almost no effect at all on the outcome of this election: only one of the top 5 candidates was a non-European/non-North American from the very beginning, no non-Westerners were selected, and the ranking of candidates was largely unchanged throughout all of the steps - the top 5 candidates were always the top 5 candidates. I will look forward to more details of the voting populace. Risker/Anne On Tue, 7 Sept 2021 at 14:17, Tito Dutta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Thanks for the announcement. I was expecting/hopeful to see a little more > diverse result (continent/region etc,) > Anyway, thanks to the organising team for your work. > My good wishes to all the newly selected board members of Wikimedia > Foundation. Congratulations!! > > ইতি, > টিটো দত্ত > (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে) > > > মঙ্গল, ৭ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:৪১ PM টায় তারিখে Jackie Koerner < > [email protected]> লিখেছেন: > >> *Translations can be found on >> Meta: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-09-07/2021_Election_Results >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-09-07/2021_Election_Results>* >> Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Board election. The >> Elections Committee has reviewed the votes of the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation >> Board of Trustees election, organized to select four new trustees. A record >> 6,873 people from across 214 projects cast their valid votes. The following >> four candidates received the most support: >> >> >> >> 1. >> >> Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight >> 2. >> >> Victoria Doronina >> 3. >> >> Dariusz Jemielniak >> 4. >> >> Lorenzo Losa >> >> >> Waiting for the Board’s appointment >> >> While these candidates have been ranked through the community vote, they >> are not yet appointed to the Board of Trustees. They still need to pass a >> successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the >> Bylaws. This process can be longer depending on the country of residence of >> the candidates. The Board has set a tentative date to appoint new trustees >> at the end of this month. The Board also has approved >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/37IV7FRWIKM4YAK2WBTUTPJA7LKGOATI/#37IV7FRWIKM4YAK2WBTUTPJA7LKGOATI> >> a short extension to the terms of the exiting trustees to allow a smooth >> transition. >> >> Thanks to all the candidates >> Thanks to all candidates for their participation. They achieved a record >> in the number of candidates and regional diversity, with more than half of >> the 19 candidates from regions outside North America and Western Europe. >> This election used Single Transferable Voting >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Single_Transferable_Vote> >> for the first time. This system does not indicate a number of votes or >> percentage of support. Rather, it shows in which round each candidate was >> eliminated. You can review the full results on Meta-Wiki >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results>, >> which document the order in which the candidates were mathematically >> eliminated. >> >> Thanks to all the election volunteers >> >> The Board of Trustees stressed >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021-04-15_Resolution_about_the_upcoming_Board_elections> >> the importance of increasing diversity on the Board. Dozens of volunteers >> supported by a team of multilingual facilitators promoted the election in >> up to 61 languages. They hosted many conversations about the Board election >> in more than 50 languages and encouraged community members to participate >> in all areas of the election. >> >> Statistics >> >> The 2021 Board of Trustees election broke new ground in several areas. >> The Movement Strategy and Governance team will publish a report with the >> most remarkable metrics soon. In the meantime, some statistics >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Stats> >> can be found on Meta-Wiki. Here you have some highlights. >> >> >> - >> >> Participation increased by 1,753 voters over 2017. Overall turnout >> was 10.13%, 1.1 percentage points more than in 2017. >> - >> >> The highest participation among wikis with at least 5 eligible voters >> was seen on the Hausa and Igbo Wikipedias. Both wikis had a participation >> of 75% (6 of 8 eligible voters). Other high participation numbers were >> seen >> on the Telugu, Nepalese, and Punjabi Wikipedias. >> - >> >> The largest increase in participation among wikis with at least 50 >> eligible voters was the Catalan Wikipedia, on which 36.3% of eligible >> voters voted (28 percentage points higher than in 2017). >> - >> >> There were 214 wikis represented in the election. This is determined >> by the wiki on which the account was originally created. >> - >> >> A total of 74 wikis that did not participate in 2017 produced voters >> in this election. >> - >> >> A total of 226 wikis had at least one eligible voter but produced no >> voters. The largest electorate in this group was Cantonese Wikipedia, with >> 25 eligible voters. >> >> >> In the upcoming days, an anonymized list of votes will be released that >> will allow deeper inspection and publication of more metrics. >> >> 2022 election >> The next Board of Trustees election is planned to take place in 2022. >> Interested community members can watch the Wikimedia Foundation >> elections page for updates >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections>. Four >> community seats will be selected at that time. It is not too early to >> consider and prepare for candidacy. Community members may like to check out >> Candidate >> Resources >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Candidate_Resources> >> to learn more about what to expect and how to prepare for this role. >> >> -- >> *Jackie Koerner* >> >> *she/her* >> Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance >> *English language communities and Meta-Wiki* >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/YNJNJETHYEO3JYUJUDIK3FPZVOUOUUEN/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/L2G5CI6VP6DEVO7PQERAN4AGEDN7XTGK/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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