Thanks, Gaurav and Isarra! To keep track of news like this in general, it is good to watch this page for our group:
Talk:Wikimedians of Colorado User Group - Meta https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 03:15:55PM -0400, Gaurav Vaidya wrote: > Hello friends! > > As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees is soon going > to include two members elected by Wikimedia Affliates > [1], including the Wikimedians of Colorado User Group (hereafter: "we" or > "our" or "WM-CUG" if I'm feeling formal). A call for > candidates to these positions is now open [2]. After May 8, we will be submit > ONE VOTE in which we RANK the candidates we would > like elected to the board in our order of preference. The ugly details are > available here [3], but really this is just a Single > Transferable Vote [4]. > > I'm currently listed as the primary contact for WM-CUG, so I'll make sure we > can discuss this vote on-wiki and on this mailing > list, decide on our final vote, and communicate that to the Wikimedia > Foundation (hereafter: "thems"). If somebody else would like > to take over this job, please holler! If you have any other questions, please > let me know and I'll send it on to thems and see what > thems say. > > Note that we're only eligible to vote because Isarra and Nealmcb completed > and submitted our Annual Report 2018 [5], so thanks so > much for that! > > cheers, > Gaurav > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019 > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Call_for_Candidates > [3] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_election_FAQ#What_kind_of_vote_is_requested? > [4] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes#Droop_quota > [5] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Colorado_User_Group/Annual_Report_2018 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list > Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-US-CO mailing list Wikimedia-US-CO@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-us-co
