Congratulations, Bobby, on the historic election! On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM Lorenzo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > The vote results have been announced and our new Trustees - Michał > Buczyński and Bobby Shabangu will be seated at the December Board meeting. > We look forward to their perspectives on the Board. > > I wrote previously > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/October_2025_update#c-LLosa_(WMF)-20251015213400-Additional_perspectives_on_current_and_future_board_selection_processes> > about > our willingness to engage in reform of our Board election process and we > welcome your perspectives on the process. The Board's Governance Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Governance_Committee> > (which > is tasked with overseeing the selection process) welcomes specific > proposals and ideas for reform here on this talk page > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/October_2025_update#c-LLosa_(WMF)-20251015213400-Additional_perspectives_on_current_and_future_board_selection_processes>. > They will have a meeting after the December Board meeting to discuss a > roadmap that helps us make both incremental improvements and large-scale > changes. > > We remain committed to work on improvements of the selection process, and > working with the communities, affiliates and the elections committee, to > make this process better for all stakeholders, including for the Board > itself. > > Regards, > Lorenzo Losa > > Il giorno gio, 13/11/2025 alle 07.40 -0800, Elections Committee ha scritto: > > Hello all, > > Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Wikimedia Foundation > Board of Trustees > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025> > vote. 6129 community members from 240 wiki projects have voted, and the > scrutineers have completed their work. > > > We can now certify that the following two candidates received the most > support: > > 1. > > Bobby Shabangu > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Bobby_Shabangu> > (Bobbyshabangu <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bobbyshabangu>) > 2. > > Michał Buczyński > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Candidates/Micha%C5%82_Buczy%C5%84ski> > (Aegis Maelstrom <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aegis_Maelstrom> > ) > > > The new trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in December > 2025. > > Learn more about the results on Meta-Wiki. > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2025/Results> > > > Best regards, > > Abhishek Suryawanshi > > Chair, Elections Committee > > _______________________________________________ > 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/T2GOT2L4WI5NZZ6M6YEYZ62TQ5JU3UTA/ > 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/EMQCPX7OVN7KJ4IEVQR4EQGUSGMXTVCB/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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