Thanks, Jackie! That is indeed different from what I understood and I’m glad about the change :-)
Alice. > Am 07.09.2021 um 23:42 schrieb Jackie Koerner <[email protected]>: > > 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 <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> >> 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: >> >> >> Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight >> Victoria Doronina >> Dariusz Jemielniak >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/YNJNJETHYEO3JYUJUDIK3FPZVOUOUUEN/ >> >> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/YNJNJETHYEO3JYUJUDIK3FPZVOUOUUEN/> >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/EES6TA27OZEPYOL2D2Y5AD56WLV2SXC7/ > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/EES6TA27OZEPYOL2D2Y5AD56WLV2SXC7/> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > -- > 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/FIYTWXVEZ5KZ3H5TO2NZ7T7UCOIMBDWU/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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