These result fully confirm our initial decision <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne/ASBS_2019_Endorsement_Decision>, so we cannot be happier than this. So many congrats to Nat & Shani 💚 💙. We congratulate all the candidates for their wiki commitment. A big thank you to the facilitators; their help was essential for better understand and the good development of this process.
Camelia -- *Camelia Boban* *| Java EE Developer |* *Affiliations Committee - **Wikimedia *Foundation Coordinator - Diversity Working Group for Wikimedia Strategy 2030 Chair & co-founder - WikiDonne User Group *| WikiDonne Project ideator* *Diversity Space @ Wikimania 2019 Co-Lead* WMIT - WMSE - WMCH - WMAR Member M. +39 3383385545 camelia.bo...@gmail.com *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/>* | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122>* *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> **| **WikiDonne UG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* | *WikiDonne Project <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne> * Il giorno gio 13 giu 2019 alle ore 14:11 Pierre-Selim < pierre-se...@huard.info> ha scritto: > First of all congratulations to all candidates, it's hard to put your name > forward, it takes courage and time to write a candidacy. > I also want to thanks Christophe for his 3 years term. > > And last but not least, Nataliaa and Shani, I wish you all the best for > your role as Trustees (and congrats for being elected!). > > Le jeu. 13 juin 2019 à 13:43, Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής < > anonymuswikiped...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > Congratulations to the new members! > > > > Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής > > > > Στις Πέμ, 13 Ιουν 2019 - 6:16 π.μ. ο χρήστης Rajeeb Dutta < > > marajoz...@gmail.com> έγραψε: > > > > > 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> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > > > -- > Pierre-Selim > _______________________________________________ > 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>
