Hi everybody, Please check to see if you are eligible to vote for the 2022 Wikimedia Board of Trustees election (Aug 23 to Sep 6, 2022) [1]. All editors are eligible to vote through one account if that account is: - not blocked in more than one project - and not a bot account - and has made at least 300 edits before 5 July 2022 across Wikimedia wikis - and has made at least 20 edits between 5 January 2022 and 5 July 2022.
There is an online tool [2] available to check if you are eligible under the criteria listed above. If not, please check the additional criteria [3]. Some possible paths to eligibility that may apply to you: - If you a Wikimedia software developer who works on Wikimedia repos, skins, tools, bots, user scripts, gadgets or Lua modules. - If you were a member of formal bodies as defined in the bylaws of the current Wikimedia Chapters, thematic organizations or user groups as of July 5, 2022 - If you have applied for, received and reported on at least one Wikimedia Foundation grant since 1 September 2021, or - If you were an organizer of at least one funded hackathon, competition or other Wikimedia event with on-wiki documentation and at least 10 attendees/visitors/participants between 5 January 2022 and 5 July 2022. If you meet any of the eligibility criteria listed on the website that cannot be checked automatically, please e-mail [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> with the reasoning at least four days before the last date for voting i.e. on or before August 27, 2022. Cheers, Gaurav [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022> [2] https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/63 <https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/63> [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Voter_eligibility_guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Voter_eligibility_guidelines> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Mervat Salman <[email protected]> > Subject: [All-affiliates] BoT Election - Affiliates: Identify voters in your > membership > Date: August 8, 2022 at 6:15:27 AM EDT > To: [email protected] > Reply-To: Wikimedia Affiliates <[email protected]> > > Dear Affiliate, > > I am reaching out to you today about the community voting period for the 2022 > Board of Trustees election > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022>. The > community will select two of the six candidates > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Candidates> > still in the running. The affiliate organizations voted to select the six > candidates in July. > > Members of affiliates might be eligible to vote even if they do not meet > other criteria. Please review the voter eligibility criteria > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Voter_eligibility_guidelines> > and share this information with your membership. Your membership can also > verify their individual eligibility using the Account Eligibility Tool > <https://meta.toolforge.org/accounteligibility/63>. > > Please reply to this email with the list of usernames who should be eligible > to vote by August 14 at 11:59 pm UTC > <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1660521638>. There is no need to include > people who are eligible under the other voter eligibility criteria. The > Elections Committee will review the list and then add the voters to the list > of eligible voters. > > Best, > > > > Mervat Salman (She/Her) > Movement Strategy and Governance Facilitator > wikimediafoundation.org <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > All-affiliates mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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