Great new!! Congratulations to Nataliia, Shani and the current board members who took the initiative and launched this process of election. Last but not the least, I like to thank election facilitators as well.
Best Regards, Rajeeb Dutta. (U: Marajozkee). Sent from my iPhone > On 13-Jun-2019, at 5:13 AM, João Alexandre Peschanski <joa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
