Hello, Thanks for the announcement. I was expecting/hopeful to see a little more diverse result (continent/region etc,) Anyway, thanks to the organising team for your work. My good wishes to all the newly selected board members of Wikimedia Foundation. Congratulations!!
ইতি, টিটো দত্ত (মাতৃভাষা থাক জীবন জুড়ে) মঙ্গল, ৭ সেপ্টেম্বর, ২০২১ তারিখে ১১:৪১ PM টায় তারিখে Jackie Koerner < jkoerner-...@wikimedia.org> লিখেছেন: > *Translations can be found on > Meta: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-09-07/2021_Election_Results > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/2021-09-07/2021_Election_Results>* > Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Board election. The > Elections Committee has reviewed the votes of the 2021 Wikimedia Foundation > Board of Trustees election, organized to select four new trustees. A record > 6,873 people from across 214 projects cast their valid votes. The following > four candidates received the most support: > > > > 1. > > Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight > 2. > > Victoria Doronina > 3. > > Dariusz Jemielniak > 4. > > Lorenzo Losa > > > Waiting for the Board’s appointment > > While these candidates have been ranked through the community vote, they > are not yet appointed to the Board of Trustees. They still need to pass a > successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the > Bylaws. This process can be longer depending on the country of residence of > the candidates. The Board has set a tentative date to appoint new trustees > at the end of this month. The Board also has approved > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/37IV7FRWIKM4YAK2WBTUTPJA7LKGOATI/#37IV7FRWIKM4YAK2WBTUTPJA7LKGOATI> > a short extension to the terms of the exiting trustees to allow a smooth > transition. > > Thanks to all the candidates > Thanks to all candidates for their participation. They achieved a record > in the number of candidates and regional diversity, with more than half of > the 19 candidates from regions outside North America and Western Europe. > This election used Single Transferable Voting > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Single_Transferable_Vote> > for the first time. This system does not indicate a number of votes or > percentage of support. Rather, it shows in which round each candidate was > eliminated. You can review the full results on Meta-Wiki > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results>, > which document the order in which the candidates were mathematically > eliminated. > > Thanks to all the election volunteers > > The Board of Trustees stressed > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/2021-04-15_Resolution_about_the_upcoming_Board_elections> > the importance of increasing diversity on the Board. Dozens of volunteers > supported by a team of multilingual facilitators promoted the election in > up to 61 languages. They hosted many conversations about the Board election > in more than 50 languages and encouraged community members to participate > in all areas of the election. > > Statistics > > The 2021 Board of Trustees election broke new ground in several areas. The > Movement Strategy and Governance team will publish a report with the most > remarkable metrics soon. In the meantime, some statistics > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Stats> > can be found on Meta-Wiki. Here you have some highlights. > > > - > > Participation increased by 1,753 voters over 2017. Overall turnout was > 10.13%, 1.1 percentage points more than in 2017. > - > > The highest participation among wikis with at least 5 eligible voters > was seen on the Hausa and Igbo Wikipedias. Both wikis had a participation > of 75% (6 of 8 eligible voters). Other high participation numbers were seen > on the Telugu, Nepalese, and Punjabi Wikipedias. > - > > The largest increase in participation among wikis with at least 50 > eligible voters was the Catalan Wikipedia, on which 36.3% of eligible > voters voted (28 percentage points higher than in 2017). > - > > There were 214 wikis represented in the election. This is determined > by the wiki on which the account was originally created. > - > > A total of 74 wikis that did not participate in 2017 produced voters > in this election. > - > > A total of 226 wikis had at least one eligible voter but produced no > voters. The largest electorate in this group was Cantonese Wikipedia, with > 25 eligible voters. > > > In the upcoming days, an anonymized list of votes will be released that > will allow deeper inspection and publication of more metrics. > > 2022 election > The next Board of Trustees election is planned to take place in 2022. > Interested community members can watch the Wikimedia Foundation elections > page for updates > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections>. Four > community seats will be selected at that time. It is not too early to > consider and prepare for candidacy. Community members may like to check out > Candidate > Resources > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Candidate_Resources> > to learn more about what to expect and how to prepare for this role. > > -- > *Jackie Koerner* > > *she/her* > Facilitator, Movement Strategy and Governance > *English language communities and Meta-Wiki* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/YNJNJETHYEO3JYUJUDIK3FPZVOUOUUEN/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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