Hello Philippe, I thought this year three candidates would be elected.
Ting philippe wrote: > Information concerning the election rules, candidacy, and suffrage/ > voting requirements for the 2009 election to the Board of Trustees is > now posted at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_elections/2009/en. > I have copied it below, but for the wiki-links to work, you will - of > course - need to be on meta. > > For the election committee, > Philippe > > ________________________ > > The 2009 elections to the Board of Trustees will be held between > August 3rd and August 10th 2009. Members of the Wikimedia community > have the opportunity to elect one candidate to a two-year term which > will expire in 2011. The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing > authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit > organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation > manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons. > The elections will be held securely on servers belonging to an > independent third party (to be confirmed). Votes are secret and are > only visible to the select few persons who audit and tally the > election. Voters will submit ranked preferences by numbering > candidates. The votes will be tallied using the Schulze methodto rank > candidates based on the number of voters who prefer that candidate > over other candidates. > The Election Committee intends to announce the results on or before > August 12th. Detailed results will be available. All times on this > page are 00:00 (midnight) UTC. > Contents [hide] > 1 Information for voters > 1.1 Requirements > 1.2 How to vote > 2 Information for candidates > 2.1 Responsibilities as member of the Board > 2.2 Prerequisites to candidacy > 2.3 How to submit your candidacy > 3 Organization > 3.1 Time line > 3.2 Translators > [edit]Information for voters > > [edit]Requirements > You may vote from any one registered account you own on a Wikimedia > wiki (you may only vote once, regardless of how many accounts you > own). To qualify, this one account must: > not be blocked; and > not be a bot; and > have made at least 600 edits before 01 June 2009 across across > Wikimedia wikis (edits on several wikis can be combined if your > accounts are unified into a global account); and > have made at least 50 edits between 01 January and 1 July 2009. > Special exceptions: the following may vote regardless of the above > requirements: > Wikimedia server administrators with shell access; > paid staff of the Wikimedia Foundation who started working at the > office before 01 March 2009; > current or former members of the Board of Trustees. > [edit]How to vote > If you are eligible to vote: > Read the candidate presentations and decide which candidates you will > support. > Go to the wiki page "Special:Securepoll" on one wiki you qualify to > vote from. For example, if you are most active on the wiki > meta.wikimedia.org/, go to meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Securepoll. > Follow the instructions on that page. > [edit]Information for candidates > > A detailed description of the responsibilities of a member of the > Board can be found at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_member. > [edit]Responsibilities as member of the Board > Being a Board member of a small organization like the Wikimedia > Foundation, which faces immense challenges, can be time-consuming. The > position is voluntary and unpaid. While board members are not expected > to bring personal money to the organisation, they are welcome to help > raise funds. > Board members are expected to attend at least 3–4 meetings per year in > person, attend Wikimania (our annual conference), and attend other > scheduled online meetings and votes. The Board communicates > intensively via e-mail, wiki, and IRC. Individual trustees sometimes > participate in strategic meetings with other organizations and > companies, relaying results back to Board and staff. > Individual board members are expected to be involved in certain > activities (such as fundraising, Wikimania, or auditing) and to help > draft policies, charters and resolutions on such topics. > Because Board members owe duties by virtue of their position, > candidates who currently hold paid positions with the Wikimedia > Foundation must resign from those position before they can be > appointed to the Board of Trustees. This is to avoid potential > conflicts of interests. > [edit]Prerequisites to candidacy > To be eligible as a candidate, you must: > have made at least 600 edits before 01 March 2009 on any one > registered account (edits on several wikis can be combined if your > accounts are unified into a global account); and > have made at least 50 edits between 01 January and 01 July 2009; and > publicly disclose your real name in your candidate presentation > (because the identities of Board members are a matter of public > record, it is not possible to hold a position on the Board of Trustees > anonymously or under a pseudonym); and > be at least 18 years old and of legal age in your home country. > Special exceptions: current members of the Board of Trustees may be > candidates regardless of the above requirements. > [edit]How to submit your candidacy > If you are eligible, you can submit your candidacy by doing the > following: > Write a brief summary of no more than 1200 characters stating what you > would do if you were elected to the Board of Trustees, your relevant > opinions and experience, and anything else you think is relevant. You > may not use your candidate summary to link to lists of endorsements or > other platform pages, and may not run on a slate with other candidates. > Submit your summary between 00:00, 06 July 2009 (UTC) and 23:59, 20 > July 2009 (UTC). After July 20, it cannot be changed except for minor > corrections or translation. Any additions submitted after this > deadline will be time-stamped and presented separately from the > original summary, and will only be presented to voters if they get > translated into all of the same languages as the original summary. > Submit proof of your identity to Cary Bass (Volunteer Coordinator) > before 20 July 2009. You will be privately contacted by a member of > the Election Committee with further information about meeting this > requirement when you list yourself as a candidate. > Candidates who fail to comply with the above requirements and > deadlines will be disqualified. > [edit]Organization > > [edit]Time line > 01–30 June 2009: primary translation phase; subcommittee actively > coordinates and promotes translation. > 06–20 July 2009: candidate submissions. > 20 July 2009: deadline to send proof of identity (late or missing > submissions will be disqualified). > 03–10 August 2009: elections. > 10–12 August 2009: vote-checking. > 12 August 2009: publication of results. > [edit]Translators > To ensure that a representative cross-section of the Wikimedia > community takes part in this election, it is important to translate > election notices and candidate statements into as many languages as > possible. To help translate, please see the translation page. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ting Ting's Blog: http://wingphilopp.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l