¡Felicidades María! Happy to see you again in the Board. Thanks to the BoT and to the 2015 Elections Committee for all the efforts solving this problem. The diversity inside the Board gets many benefits with this appointment.
I trust you María! 2016-01-29 9:44 GMT-06:00 Galileo Vidoni <gali...@gmail.com>: > Congratulations, María! I am sure your experience, sensibility and wisdom > will be of great help for the Foundation at this difficult time. > > Galileo > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Dear Patricio, > > > > Thank you for the information. I would be interested in an elaboration > > of the advantages and disadvantages of a community election, though. > > > > Kind regards > > Ziko > > > > 2016-01-29 16:27 GMT+01:00 Patricio Lorente <patricio.lore...@gmail.com > >: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > > I am happy to announce the Board intends to fill the open community > > Trustee > > > seat at our meeting this weekend. On Saturday, María Sefidari will > accept > > > an appointment to the Board of Trustees, stepping into the third > > > community-nominated seat. The appointment will last the remainder of > the > > > two year term, until Wikimania 2017. > > > > > > > > > Many of you know María. She previously served as a community-selected > > > Trustee from August 2013 to July 2015. In the most recent 2015 > community > > > elections, she received the next highest support percentage, and > highest > > > number of support votes. She was born and lives in Madrid, Spain, and > has > > > been a contributor to the Wikimedia projects since 2006. She was a > > founding > > > member of Spanish Wikipedia's LGBT Wikiproject, Wikimedia España, and > > > Wikimujeres Grupo de Usuarias. She has also served on the Affiliations > > and > > > Individual Engagement Grants committees. María is passionate about the > > role > > > of diversity in our strategic efforts to retain and increase > editorship, > > > and improving channels for community participation in Foundation > > governance > > > and policymaking. > > > > > > > > > We consulted with the 2015 Wikimedia Foundation Elections Committee > > before > > > deciding how to proceed in identifying a new Trustee. They offered > > > thoughtful feedback on the possible available options, and we’re > grateful > > > for their considerations. ( > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015 > > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015#2015_Foundation_Elections_Committee_thoughts_on_how_to_fill_the_vacancy_in_the_Board_after_the_removal_of_James_Heilman > > > > > > ) > > > > > > > > > We are certain many of you are wondering why we decided against holding > > > another election. We did consider the option, but the disadvantages > > > outweighed the benefits. The last election was well-attended, and still > > > quite recent. Holding a new election would take considerable time, and > we > > > have important issues to address in the near future. It was important > to > > us > > > that the community perspective is fully represented in these > > conversations, > > > without delay. We also didn’t want to distract from the affiliate > Trustee > > > selection process, which is coming up soon. > > > > > > > > > I am excited by the dedication, compassion, and experience María brings > > to > > > the Board at a crucial time. We are confident she will serve our > mission > > > with wisdom and grace. > > > > > > > > > Please join me in congratulating our friend María, and thanking her > > service > > > to our movement. > > > > > > > > > Patricio > > > > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- *Salvador Alcántar* *@salvador_alc* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
