Hello everyone, this is just a reminder (see forwarded email from the Wikimedia Foundation) that voting for the new board of trustees on the Wikimedia Foundation is now open. Voting will close at the end of this month. The Wikimedia Foundation is the organisation that runs the servers that Wikipedia, and other Wikis, are based on, writes the software and collects donations on behalf of Wikipedia.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Zita Zage <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 at 11:48 Subject: [African Wikimedians] 2021 Voting Opens To: <[email protected]> Dear all, Voting for the 2021 Board of Trustees election <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting> is now open. Candidates from the community were asked to submit their candidacy. After a three week long Call for Candidates, there are 19 candidates for the 2021 election <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table> . The Wikimedia movement has the opportunity to vote for the selection of community-and-affiliate trustees. By voting, you will help to identify those people who have the qualities to best serve the needs of the movement for the next several years. The Board is expected to select the four most voted candidates to serve as trustees. Voting closes 31 August 2021. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees> oversees the Wikimedia Foundation's operations. The Board wants to improve their competences and diversity as a team. They have shared the areas of expertise <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Skills> that they are currently missing and hope to cover with new trustees. Learn more about candidates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates#Candidate_Table> . Learn about the Board of Trustees <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees.webm> . Vote <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Voting> . Read the full announcement <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-08-18/2021_Voting_Opens> . Best, -- Zita Ursula Zage (she/her) Facilitator, Movement Strategy & Governance Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> ᐧ [ _______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- Douglas Ian Scott 司道格 Skype: douglas0scott South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s
