Congratulations to the newly elected board members, and huge thanks to those
who chaperoned the process.
I must also second Florence's point on voters' education.
The board is an important instrument for the community and the foundation, we
must seek to get the best hands-on board, even if we want minorities
represented.
Kayode Yussuf
On Friday, October 11, 2024 at 07:46:58 PM EDT, Levi Kambai Timothy
<[email protected]> wrote:
Congrats to all elected board members. Hoping those who lost (both the voters
and the voted) will take note of the concerns including low edit counts and
improper voting to do better next time. It will be good to have a movement with
representatives from across the globe, but then what they have to offer
matters, too. Change is a process, not a destination.
Warm regards,Kambai
On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 22:01, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote:
I am not 100% sure I understand the graphic well. So please correct me if I am
wrong in my interpretation.
But the way I understand it, it seems to me that the issue #1 is that voters
are un-educated about how to vote wisely in such a voting system.
For example, let's consider the votes from those who voted for Tesleemah. When
she was dropped, 80 of the votes went down the drain. That means 80 people
voted either for her ONLY, or for her and maybe Mohammed and Erik. That is IT.
Their vote was lost. I in fact suspect that she had a lot of voters for her
who actually put only her name and none others.
Maybe those voters did not understand how valuable it would have been to put
more names on their list.
I know that I realized that situation during the voting process when some
people told me that they had voted for "their favorite choice". And when I said
"you probably should not vote for only one person but for several", they went
"Really ????"
The fact that 413 votes were lost all together as non-transferable is certainly
pointing out to a lack of understanding of the process and how to make the best
of the vote.
And maybe some communities understand this voting system better than other
communities.
My point #2 is that if under represented communities really want to have a
person on the board, they really need to adopt a collective strategy where
there will be only one candidate for it to avoid spreading thin.
OR, if they have two (or more), they need to push the idea that the people
voting for them should also put a vote for the other, for the rank immediately
below, rather than only for their favorite choice amongst the two (obviously,
they should vote for the two only if both options are acceptable in their
book). This would ensure the vote to be transferred to the second when their
fav choice is eliminated.
Looks to me that the issue might be rethinking on how to teach voters how to
vote strategically.
And maybe... maybe... though it is a "decrease of liberty", it should be made
mandatory to rank at least half of the candidates ?
Flo
Le 11/10/2024 à 11:49, Philip Kopetzky a écrit :
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.
Hello all,
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board
of Trustees election. 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
Best regards,
The Elections Committee and Board Selection Working Group
--
Katie Chan
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