Ops, 75%, not 66%. Bad math, sorry. Paulo Santos Perneta <[email protected]> escreveu (sexta, 11/10/2024 à(s) 15:56):
> I second Gnangarra 100%. > > On a personal note, I'm very happy with the candidates elected, even if > they do not fit 100% with my top (rather a 66% 😄), and wish them the best > while fulfilling their mission, which certainly is no easy task. > > I also believe it's worth noting that Victoria and Lorenzo, who were > greatly associated with the Movement Chart BoT veto some months ago, were > reelected by the community, despite many predictions that they would suffer > a big backlash for making public their positions, and a number of people > was quick to predict their certain removal from office, especially > Victoria. It didn't happen, which opens space for reflecting if such > positions were so much detached from the community ones as was said back > then. > > Best, > Paulo > > Gnangarra <[email protected]> escreveu (sexta, 11/10/2024 à(s) 15:20): > >> Congratulations to all those who were successful, thank you to those >> leaving the board, thank you for everything the unsuccessful candidates did >> in relation to the process, and special thanks for the functionaries who >> have spent the last 6 odd months managing this process. >> >> IMHO diversity, and high edit counts are the least important >> characteristics for boards members, even ones selected to represent the >> community. I think the MCDC is a prime example of how trying to ensure >> every group has a say in the decision process is impractical. What we want >> is the best people and empower them to act. >> >> What defines the best people we all have our own criteria, that's really >> subjective measurements the list of options is nearly endless. >> >> Is it more than disappointment or that there are legitimate concerns over >> the capacity of those who were successful? Then contact those who ran the >> process directly with appropriately cited reasons before appointments are >> confirmed. >> >> What I can say after 19 odd years of contributing is that the community >> is stronger than the Board and even The WMF, as long as the lights stay on >> and we just keep doing what we can one edit at a time it will be fine. >> >> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 21:18, Christophe Henner < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Congratulations indeed! >>> >>> @Phoebe Ayers <[email protected]> from a quick glance at : >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees >>> diversity still remains an issue, but appointed seats have carried the most >>> diverse profile it seems. Which to be honest make sense as elections are >>> usually a reflection of the composition of the movement. >>> >>> That being said, and it's a much larger discussion, I also believe we're >>> trying to achieve too many things with that one board. At the same time you >>> need a set of "business" skill set as you're running a very very large and >>> global organisation, we want community representativeness and Diversity in >>> a broad sense. All of that in 12 seats. I would love us to set what is the >>> most important and work from there. We never could and never will be able >>> to strike a balance between those three things :) >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christophe >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 13:30, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Congratulations to all the candidates, and thank you to everyone who >>>> ran and put a lot of time into the process. And thanks especially to our >>>> ongoing and outgoing trustees. The board is a ton of work, and one of the >>>> hardest jobs in our movement. >>>> >>>> Re: processes, part of the idea, back in the day, for having two >>>> processes for the affiliate votes and the general vote was that it could >>>> help ensure geographical diversity (though I'm not sure that was true in >>>> practice). These two processes were combined a couple of years ago. I'm not >>>> sure going back to the old system is the right answer, but I do think it >>>> takes a variety of strategies to get candidates who both understand >>>> Wikimedia and the motivations of editors AND are interested in overseeing >>>> the governance of a multi-million dollar organization -- which is the job >>>> we are asking these folks to do. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Phoebe (trustee 2010-2015) >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2024, 05:49 Philip Kopetzky <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, congratulations to 4 people living in Western Europe. If this >>>>> result doesn't get the Wikimedia Foundation to rethink their approach to >>>>> how they select their board members, I don't know what will. >>>>> >>>>> I guess it's up to communities, affiliates and regional structures to >>>>> create the change we want to see, noe more than ever. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024, 11:38 Katie Chan, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> *You can find translations of this message or help translate this >>>>>> message on Meta >>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announcement/Results(short_version)>.* >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia >>>>>> Foundation Board of Trustees election >>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024>. >>>>>> 6000 community members from more than 180 wiki projects have voted. >>>>>> >>>>>> The following four candidates were the most voted: >>>>>> >>>>>> - Christel Steigenberger >>>>>> - Maciej Artur Nadzikiewicz >>>>>> - Victoria Doronina >>>>>> - Lorenzo Losa >>>>>> >>>>>> While these candidates have been ranked through the vote, they still >>>>>> need to be appointed to the Board of Trustees. They need to pass a >>>>>> successful background check and meet the qualifications outlined in the >>>>>> Bylaws. New trustees will be appointed at the next Board meeting in >>>>>> December 2024. >>>>>> >>>>>> Read the full announcement on Meta-Wiki >>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Announcement/Results(long_version)> >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Katie Chan >>>>>> Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the >>>>>> author and do not necessarily represent the view of any organisation the >>>>>> author is associated with or employed by. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Experience is a good school but the fees are high. >>>>>> - Heinrich Heine >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], >>>>>> 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/[email protected]/message/4HJ2INEFLQD233H3BQBWZ2BP65NN7FRY/ >>>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], >>>>> 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/[email protected]/message/HXWD2ZSMZF46OVVBBZY45OSNJSHX5AYM/ >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], >>>> 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/[email protected]/message/I4HEYUBQ2VTOLR332TI2BQD3OJSRXYJC/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], 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/[email protected]/message/6B3XTARHYAPULPOGKEFVM54K5AN5CTBP/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> Boodarwun >> Gnangarra >> 'ngany dabakarn koorliny arn boodjera dardon nlangan Nyungar koortabodjar' >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], 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/[email protected]/message/3VW7RI3NWA3F34DYPYNTTGM2POGFM6OE/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > >
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