Hi Alice, Thanks for asking! The way we are intending "contended" is that it was the election everyone was waiting for. :) It was "pushed for" by the community for more than a year and now we gladly announce: it happened and here are the results!
Best, Jackie On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 4:29 PM Alice Wiegand <me.ly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > congrats to the elected Board members. It’s great to see people stepping > up and taking responsibility, especially in times where leadership is > needed. > > Jackie, may I ask for some elaboration on the subject of this thread? You > say „most contended … election“ and I wonder what that means. In my > understanding this is a nuance of controversial and I don’t get the point > where it is more controversial than any other election. Maybe it gets lost > in translation, maybe it’s me not having the complete insight of what has > been discussed. > > Alice. > > > > > > Am 07.09.2021 um 20:10 schrieb Jackie Koerner <jkoerner-...@wikimedia.org > >: > > *Translations can be found on > Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedi > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedi>a_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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/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 -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/YNJNJETHYEO3JYUJUDIK3FPZVOUOUUEN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/EES6TA27OZEPYOL2D2Y5AD56WLV2SXC7/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- *Jackie Koerner* *she/her* Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance *English language communities and Meta-Wiki*
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