Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[David Parreño Mont - Comunicació]

Congratulations to the winners!

David Parreño Mont

El ds., 6 juny 2015 a les 1:14, Gregory Varnum ()
va escriure:

> Greetings,
>
> The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
>
> Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most
> community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
>
> These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
>
> There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots
> to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
>
> Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
>
> More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well
> for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
>
> The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for
> helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> movement’s history.
>
> Sincerely,
> – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha,
> Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Hasive Chowdhury]

Congratulations Dariusz, Denny and James..


-Hasive
Wikimedia Bangladesh

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Ilario Valdelli  wrote:

>
> On 06.06.2015 12:19, Chris Keating wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 2) There is nothing in the process to produce any diversity in the result.
>> Say that there was a 2/3 to 1/3 split in the electorate on some important
>> issue. The right answer would surely be that you elect 2 people with one
>> view and 1 with the other. However, in this voting system you would likely
>> end up electing 3 people from the majority point of view. Because the
>> Wikimedia movement is much more complex than this it is difficult to
>> conclude that there was any particular issue like this that would have
>> affected the result, but still, the point applies. The voting system
>> builds
>> in homogeneity not diversity.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
> My congratulations too.
>
> I know some of the elected board members and they can do a good job.
>
> My approach is always the same: everyone has a good potential, the best is
> to give him (I would say also her) the opportunity and the time to realize
> it.
>
> Anyway I agree a lot in the point 2 of Chris but not as a criticism but
> mainly as measure of the efficacy of the current governance. This morning I
> had the idea to write the same opinion, Chris gave me the opportunity to
> agree.
>
> Even if we would push a lot the diversity, the effective realization is at
> the moment only a project and may be "a long time strategy", but can be
> effective only if it is associated with a "short time strategy" more
> realistic because the biggest "stakeholder" of Wikimedia remains at the
> moment represented by an homogeneity of type of users. This is a real point
> to evaluate.
>
> When someone starts to write a strategy, the very first point is to
> identify the stakeholders. In this case this election identifies clearly
> who are the main ones.
>
> I agree with Chris that this model of voting is an expression of the
> community but in a democracy also the minorities should have the
> possibility to be represented and, most important, should have the
> possibility to bring the precious contribution called "different point of
> view".
>
> I hope that the same FDC will considerate it while evaluation annual
> programs, strategies and projects of the applicants. There is a short time
> strategy and a long time strategy and the objectives may not be the same in
> order to don't be "out of the context" (there is an elected board member
> who has been also president of the FDC, I think that he will surely agree).
>
> Regards
>
> --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Ilario Valdelli]

On 06.06.2015 12:19, Chris Keating wrote:



2) There is nothing in the process to produce any diversity in the result.
Say that there was a 2/3 to 1/3 split in the electorate on some important
issue. The right answer would surely be that you elect 2 people with one
view and 1 with the other. However, in this voting system you would likely
end up electing 3 people from the majority point of view. Because the
Wikimedia movement is much more complex than this it is difficult to
conclude that there was any particular issue like this that would have
affected the result, but still, the point applies. The voting system builds
in homogeneity not diversity.

Regards,

Chris


My congratulations too.

I know some of the elected board members and they can do a good job.

My approach is always the same: everyone has a good potential, the best 
is to give him (I would say also her) the opportunity and the time to 
realize it.


Anyway I agree a lot in the point 2 of Chris but not as a criticism but 
mainly as measure of the efficacy of the current governance. This 
morning I had the idea to write the same opinion, Chris gave me the 
opportunity to agree.


Even if we would push a lot the diversity, the effective realization is 
at the moment only a project and may be "a long time strategy", but can 
be effective only if it is associated with a "short time strategy" more 
realistic because the biggest "stakeholder" of Wikimedia remains at the 
moment represented by an homogeneity of type of users. This is a real 
point to evaluate.


When someone starts to write a strategy, the very first point is to 
identify the stakeholders. In this case this election identifies clearly 
who are the main ones.


I agree with Chris that this model of voting is an expression of the 
community but in a democracy also the minorities should have the 
possibility to be represented and, most important, should have the 
possibility to bring the precious contribution called "different point 
of view".


I hope that the same FDC will considerate it while evaluation annual 
programs, strategies and projects of the applicants. There is a short 
time strategy and a long time strategy and the objectives may not be the 
same in order to don't be "out of the context" (there is an elected 
board member who has been also president of the FDC, I think that he 
will surely agree).


Regards

--
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Wikimedia CH
Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre
Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera
Switzerland - 8008 Zürich
Tel: +41764821371
http://www.wikimedia.ch


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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Gregory Varnum]

I have a lot of personal opinions on the method, questions process, etc.
Many of them will be shared in the committee's post mortem (others I will
be discarding as I now process the last several weeks).

Also, we are beginning to post some statistics that folks may find helpful:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Stats

We will be posting more on the blog next week about what all goes into
running the elections, and I am open to feedback on what additional
information we can share that would be helpful to the community. Our group
made an early commitment to transparency, and I hope that has come across
in our posting of major meeting minutes, posting of these stats, open
dialogue on Meta and email, a post mortem from the committee, and the
upcoming blog post.

Finally, I want to give a big thank you to my colleagues on the Elections
Committee. I was, by the nature of my tasks, a bit more visible - but
please know that everyone worked very hard, did a great job, and deserves
equal gratitude. Thank you Adrian, Anders, Daniel, Katie, Mardetanha,
Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel - as well as Risker, James, Alice, Philippe,
Geoff, Stephen, Sylvia, Heather, Tim, and a few others I'm sure I'm
forgetting.

-greg (User:Varnent)

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Chris Keating 
wrote:

> Congratulations to the new Board members - I am sure you will do a great
> job. And commiserations to those who will be leaving the Board - thank you
> for all your hard work over many years.
>
> Also it is good to see a much higher turnout in this year's elections than
> in 2013 - well done to those involved :)
>
> On the subject of voting systems, though...
>
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Anders Wennersten <
> m...@anderswennersten.se>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > David Cuenca Tudela skrev den 2015-06-06 09:01:
> >
> >> However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The
> >> person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes
> :D
> >>
> >>  Why hilarious? We had a full consensus in the election Committee to go
> > for S/N/O voting, it is a kind of standard procedure in the Wikimedia
> world.
> >
>
> Many people looked at voting systems before the Wikimedia movement existed
> and virtually none of them settled on the system we ended up with. Perhaps
> this should tell us something!
>
> To my mind the key problems with the present system are:
> 1) Oppose votes have greater weight than support votes. In this case, Maria
> would have needed 136 additional support votes to win, or 46 fewer oppose
> votes. In effect an Oppose vote was worth 2.96 times as much as a support
> vote for her. As a result, being non-opposed is much more important than
> being supported. The penalty for doing anything controversial is
> significant.
>
> 2) There is nothing in the process to produce any diversity in the result.
> Say that there was a 2/3 to 1/3 split in the electorate on some important
> issue. The right answer would surely be that you elect 2 people with one
> view and 1 with the other. However, in this voting system you would likely
> end up electing 3 people from the majority point of view. Because the
> Wikimedia movement is much more complex than this it is difficult to
> conclude that there was any particular issue like this that would have
> affected the result, but still, the point applies. The voting system builds
> in homogeneity not diversity.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Chris Keating]

Congratulations to the new Board members - I am sure you will do a great
job. And commiserations to those who will be leaving the Board - thank you
for all your hard work over many years.

Also it is good to see a much higher turnout in this year's elections than
in 2013 - well done to those involved :)

On the subject of voting systems, though...

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Anders Wennersten 
wrote:

>
> David Cuenca Tudela skrev den 2015-06-06 09:01:
>
>> However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The
>> person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes :D
>>
>>  Why hilarious? We had a full consensus in the election Committee to go
> for S/N/O voting, it is a kind of standard procedure in the Wikimedia world.
>

Many people looked at voting systems before the Wikimedia movement existed
and virtually none of them settled on the system we ended up with. Perhaps
this should tell us something!

To my mind the key problems with the present system are:
1) Oppose votes have greater weight than support votes. In this case, Maria
would have needed 136 additional support votes to win, or 46 fewer oppose
votes. In effect an Oppose vote was worth 2.96 times as much as a support
vote for her. As a result, being non-opposed is much more important than
being supported. The penalty for doing anything controversial is
significant.

2) There is nothing in the process to produce any diversity in the result.
Say that there was a 2/3 to 1/3 split in the electorate on some important
issue. The right answer would surely be that you elect 2 people with one
view and 1 with the other. However, in this voting system you would likely
end up electing 3 people from the majority point of view. Because the
Wikimedia movement is much more complex than this it is difficult to
conclude that there was any particular issue like this that would have
affected the result, but still, the point applies. The voting system builds
in homogeneity not diversity.

Regards,

Chris
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Anders Wennersten]

David Cuenca Tudela skrev den 2015-06-06 09:01:

However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The
person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes :D

Why hilarious? We had a full consensus in the election Committee to go 
for S/N/O voting, it is a kind of standard procedure in the Wikimedia world.


For the algorithm (S/(S+O)) it has been used several times, but for me 
it was new and I initiated a deeper look into it.


I looked into the alternative (S-O) which in this case would have made a 
difference between Raystorm and Denny. But I also found that the 
algorithm (S-O)/(S+O)  actually gives the same result as the one we 
used. So in the end I believe the algortihm used makes very good sense.


As with everything it could of course be debated, and any comment on 
this would be welcome in


https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem


Anders

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

many thanks! I extend my warm congratulations to Denny and James, and would
like to sincerely thank SJ, Maria, and Phoebe, and hope to be able to draw
on their tremendous experience and knowledge.

best,

dj

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 1:14 AM, Gregory Varnum 
wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
>
> Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most
> community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
>
> These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
>
> There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots
> to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
>
> Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
>
> More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well
> for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
>
> The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for
> helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> movement’s history.
>
> Sincerely,
> – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha,
> Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego
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Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
Pacific Standard:
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Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[David Cuenca Tudela]

Congratulations to the winners!
However I must say that the results of this election are hilarious. The
person with the most support votes doesn't win because of oppose votes :D

El sáb., 6 de jun. de 2015 3:22, Johan Jönsson 
escribió:

> Congratulations, Dariusz, James and Denny!
>
> And thanks, of course, to María, Phoebe and SJ for the time they've served
> on behalf of the community, as well as to all the other candidates, who
> were prepared to serve, and to the elections committee.
>
> //Johan Jönsson
> --
>
> 2015-06-06 1:14 GMT+02:00 Gregory Varnum :
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> > election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
> >
> > Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> > (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the
> most
> > community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> > after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
> >
> > These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> > Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
> >
> > There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> > difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast
> ballots
> > to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
> >
> > Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
> >
> > More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> > blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> > coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went
> well
> > for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> > reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> > and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
> >
> > The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election
> for
> > helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> > movement’s history.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> > Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan,
> Mardetanha,
> > Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Johan Jönsson]

Congratulations, Dariusz, James and Denny!

And thanks, of course, to María, Phoebe and SJ for the time they've served
on behalf of the community, as well as to all the other candidates, who
were prepared to serve, and to the elections committee.

//Johan Jönsson
--

2015-06-06 1:14 GMT+02:00 Gregory Varnum :

> Greetings,
>
> The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
>
> Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most
> community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
>
> These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
>
> There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots
> to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
>
> Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
>
> More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well
> for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
>
> The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for
> helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> movement’s history.
>
> Sincerely,
> – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha,
> Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Lila Tretikov]

Dariusz, Denny and James --

Congratulations and welcome! It is exciting to see your special knowledge
brought to our board. I am looking forward to seeing you all in July!

Phoebe, Maria and SJ --

Thank you for your tireless work, depth of knowledge and amazing
dedication. I know we will continue to work together beyond the board work.

Lila

On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:03 PM, James Heilman  wrote:

> Many thanks to all those who gave me their vote of confidence. I look
> forwards to starting in July in an official capacity and hope to see
> as many of you as possible at Wikimania.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[James Heilman]

Many thanks to all those who gave me their vote of confidence. I look
forwards to starting in July in an official capacity and hope to see
as many of you as possible at Wikimania.

-- 
James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian

The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Sam Klein]

Thank you, Greg.  Kudos to the committee on a well-run election process,
particularly in encouraging participation.
And warm congratulations to Dariusz, Denny, and James!  I know you will be
excellent in this role.

SJ



On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 7:17 PM, Milos Rancic  wrote:

> That's quite a surprise! I am really happy to see the substantial changes!
> Congratulations!
>  On Jun 6, 2015 01:14, "Gregory Varnum"  wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> > election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
> >
> > Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> > (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the
> most
> > community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> > after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
> >
> > These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> > Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
> >
> > There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> > difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast
> ballots
> > to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
> >
> > Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
> >
> > More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> > blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> > coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went
> well
> > for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> > reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> > and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
> >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
> >
> > The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election
> for
> > helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> > movement’s history.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> > Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan,
> Mardetanha,
> > Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Jan-Bart de Vreede]

Hi Everyone

Thank you to the Election Committee for all the hard work in both these and the 
FDC elections! It is amazing to see how many votes were cast this year, which 
is great. And voters came from a much larger spread of projects than before. As 
we can see from the results every vote really can make a difference. I would 
like to give a special thanks to all the affiliates who facilitated discussion 
within their community’s and encouraged people to vote. 

Congratulations to Dariusz, James and Denny on being elected to the Wikimedia 
Board of Trustees! Their formal appointment will take place at Wikimania. When 
that time comes we will also thank Maria, Phoebe and SJ properly for all the 
hard work over the past years :)

Apart from thanking all those who voted I would like to do a final thank you to 
everyone who ran in these elections. It is an incredible amount of work to run 
in these elections (especaily with all the questions that have to be answered, 
often not in a native language). You are a great pool of volunteers and 
hopefully you are able to help in other places within the movement. As 
discussed with some of you we are looking at a way to keep the candidates 
involved and somehow benefit from your expertise in the future :)

Jan-Bart de Vreede
Chair 
Board of Trustees
Wikimedia Foundation


> On 06 Jun 2015, at 01:14, Gregory Varnum  wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
> 
> Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most
> community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
> 
> These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
> 
> There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots
> to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
> 
> Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
> 
> More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well
> for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
> 
> The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for
> helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> movement’s history.
> 
> Sincerely,
> – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha,
> Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Results of 2015 WMF Board elections

[Milos Rancic]

That's quite a surprise! I am really happy to see the substantial changes!
Congratulations!
 On Jun 6, 2015 01:14, "Gregory Varnum"  wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The certified results of the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> election are now available on Meta-Wiki:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Results
>
> Congratulations to Dariusz Jemielniak (User:pundit), James Heilman
> (User:Doc James), and Denny Vrandečić (User:Denny), for receiving the most
> community support. They will join the Wikimedia Foundation as Trustees,
> after they are appointed by the Board at their July meeting at Wikimania.
>
> These results have been certified by the committee, the Wikimedia
> Foundation's legal department, and the Board of Trustees.
>
> There were 5512 votes cast, with 5167 of those being valid. The 345-vote
> difference comes from recast ballots, where eligible voters recast ballots
> to change their votes, and struck votes, of which there were 4.
>
> Additional information is available on the Wikimedia Blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/05/board-election-results
>
> More statistics on the elections, a post mortem from the committee, and a
> blog post on the process behind the elections will be published  in the
> coming days. In the meantime, we would appreciate your input—what went well
> for you in this election?  What could we do better next time?  These
> reports are crucial to helping future elections be even more successful,
> and we hope that you will offer your feedback and ideas:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem
>
> The committee thanks everyone that participated in this year’s election for
> helping make it one of the most diverse and representative in the
> movement’s history.
>
> Sincerely,
> – 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee
> Adrian, Anders Wennersten, Daniel, Gregory Varnum, Katie Chan, Mardetanha,
> Ruslan, Savh, and Trijnstel
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