The ASBS voting was an exciting process, as it was a first and important step to deepen and broaden participatory decision making in our movement. I thank the current board members who have been bold and launched this process. I also thank the election facilitators who have worked restlessly to make this happen. Thanks to candidates who have contributed to a productive, engaging exchange of ideas with community members.
The election of Nataliia and Shani is of course wonderful. Congratulations! From what I can tell, the Brazilian community --which has gone through such a hard period in recent times-- is wholeheartedly celebrating for you! Cheers, João User:Joalpe Em qua, 12 de jun de 2019 às 19:56, Ad Huikeshoven <a...@huikeshoven.org> escreveu: > *Dear Wikimedians, We are writing to let you know the result of the > election for the 2 Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia > Foundation board. The successful candidates were Nataliia Tymkiv and Shani > Evenstein Sigalov. A total of 122 affiliates voted, 85% of the 143 eligible > to vote, which is a record. As you know the election was conducted under a > variation of the Single Transferable Vote, which meant that prorated votes > were redistributed between candidates to come up with the final result. In > the 10th step of counting the final place, after Nataliia Tymkiv was > elected, was between Shani Evenstein Sigalov (40.519678) and Richard Knipel > (40.480322). We have put the full count narrative on meta so that others > can verify it if they wish.[1] It is the closest ASBS result for some time, > and all candidates brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the > WMF. In the 9th step of counting Reda Kerbouche lost by a very small > margin. Adding a ballot with rank #1 for Richard or Reda would result in > them being elected instead of Shani. The same goes for removing a ballot. > Changing the ranking on one of the ballots in a specific can way can result > in a different outcome for the second seat. This is an election in which > every vote counts. As in any election, there is a chance that some voters > misinterpreted the instructions and voted wrongly. We don't see a > justification for an action as extraordinary and controversial as opening > votes for review after the vote period is over. The instructions were > visible and clear: "Rank any candidate from 1 (your preferred candidate) to > 11 (your least preferred candidate)." After voting, voters received a > confirmation email stating the name of each candidate they voted with the > number of their rank: Rank 1, Rank 2, ... The agency of voters should be > respected. As part of the retrospective we may identify areas of > improvements on our side, but still the process was quite simple and > documented. Some voters realized they made a mistake and requested a new > ballot. New ballots were issued in those cases. This choice was done > because of the specific situation of this election, since the process was > complex for new affiliates and participation, diversity and inclusion were > a clear goal.[2] We have published on meta information about who got a new > ballot within the voting deadline.[3] The Election Facilitators have been > available nearly 24 hours a day monitoring the various communication > channels to answer any questions affiliates might have. We did our best at > answering all of them. After our own scrutiny of the data, and based on our > experience in community processes, we strongly advise the community to > respect the integrity of the process, and advise against allowing any > modifications of votes at this point. If the votes had been reopened for > modification with or without publishing vote results, that would have > caused significant confusion and criticism that could have jeopardized the > entire election. We will publish a debrief with recommendations for a next > ASBS process on meta.[4] We invite all representatives of affiliates to a > feedback session at Wikimania.[5] We would like to congratulate Nataliia > Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov and thank everyone who stood. Regards, > Ad Huikeshoven, Lane Rasberry, Jeffrey Keefer, Neal McBurnett, Abhinav > Srivastava, Alessandor MarchettiElection Facilitators [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results > > > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019 > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019 > > > [3] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_ballots > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_ballots > > > [4] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief > > > [5] > https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback>* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
