*Thank you everyone for all your congratulations, both here and in private!*
Thanks to some unexpected free time, I created a summary of some voting stats based on the publicly available vote dump <https://vote.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/1638> (please don't worry, it is impossible to see how any single person voted!). *The stats are available here: User:Nadzik/BoT elections 2024 stats <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nadzik/BoT_elections_2024_stats> on Meta.* Given my position in this process, I choose to refrain from commenting on the data; I publish it and its visualisation without biased commentary. I invite you to take a look at it and interpret it yourself. I can only highlight that *some of the points mentioned above have a basis in the available data.* We also await for more data (i.e. voter turnout) to be published on the official page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2024/Stats>by the WMF, which will give some more insights. Cheers, sob., 12 paź 2024 o 12:47 kayode yussuf via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> napisał(a): > 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 > <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/KDL5ZML4UEHYSZGYFCA2A72PSFBHLSWN/ > 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/RRMSNEB4S5IYCA6KDR6HOM6FOCSI5JFM/ > 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/SAV5B45NEE22KLSFAFXRNK4W4HBLFW4G/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- *User:Nadzik <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Nadzik>*
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