Dear all, First of all thank you for sharing the outcome of the Wikimedia Movement Charter voting process. I appreciate the effort put into tallying the votes and providing transparency in the results.
However, I must admit I am quite disappointed by the decision of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees not to ratify the proposed Charter. The significant support shown by both individuals and affiliates reflects a strong desire for change within our movement, and it's disheartening to see that effort disregarded. Could you please provide more context on the reasons behind the Board's decision and what this means for the next steps in the Movement Strategy? I submit. Best regards, Kanguya Isaac On Thu, 18 Jul 2024, 4:40 pm Charter Electoral Commission, < c...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > After carefully tallying both individual and affiliate votes, the Charter > Electoral Commission is pleased to announce the final results of the > Wikimedia Movement Charter voting. > > As communicated by the Charter Electoral Commission > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_Charter#Thank_you_for_your_participation_in_the_Movement_Charter_ratification_vote!>, > we reached the quorum for both Affiliate and individual votes by the time > the vote closed on July 9, 23:59 UTC. We thank all 2,451 individuals and > 129 Affiliate representatives who voted in the ratification process. Your > votes and comments are invaluable for the future steps in Movement > Strategy. > > The final results of the Wikimedia Movement Charter > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter> ratification voting > held between 25 June and 9 July 2024 are as follows: > > Individual vote: > > Out of 2,451 individuals who voted as of July 9 23:59 (UTC), 2,446 have > been accepted as valid votes. Among these, 1,710 voted “yes”; 623 voted > “no”; and 113 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral votes don’t > count towards the total number of votes cast, 73.30% voted to approve the > Charter (1710/2333), while 26.70% voted to reject the Charter (623/2333). > > Affiliates vote: > > Out of 129 Affiliates designated voters who voted as of July 9 23:59 > (UTC), 129 votes are confirmed as valid votes. Among these, 93 voted > “yes”; 18 voted “no”; and 18 selected “–” (neutral). Because the neutral > votes don’t count towards the total number of votes cast, 83.78% voted to > approve the Charter (93/111), while 16.22% voted to reject the Charter > (18/111). > > Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation: > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees voted not to ratify the > proposed Charter during their special Board meeting on July 8, 2024. The > Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, Natalia Tymkiv, shared > the result of the vote, the resolution, meeting minutes and proposed next > steps > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/Board_resolution_and_vote_on_the_proposed_Movement_Charter#cite_note-1> > . > > With this, the Wikimedia Movement Charter in its current revision is not > ratified. > > We thank you for your participation in this important moment in our > movement’s governance. > > The Charter Electoral Commission, > > Abhinav619, Borschts, Iwuala Lucy, Tochiprecious, Der-Wir-Ing > _______________________________________________ > 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/CORH7NNW2UTXQLJPLVPIBDBT6IVI2FGH/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
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