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
>
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