Congrats to Bobby and Michal . Looking forward to your insights towards the improvement of the WMF operations .
On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 at 12:18 Winnie kabintie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/AWP3D3R5G7JF3N5RTG5HA62XHZ43ESFJ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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