Hello, If anyone wants to join the process of administering the election, then you have a chance!
Please note that the ultimate authority in this election is the consensus of voting organizations. No individual can speak for those organizations, and instead, volunteers like you can organize the election in consensus with other volunteer election organizers. By default, this election will happen as it has in the past, but if you have comments or changes, the election page is a wiki and you should participate. See the 2019 election page here! THIS IS IT, POST HERE! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019 Here is the FAQ from the 2016 page. Read it to get general information about how this election works, and help to update it to include user groups! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats_election_FAQ Here is the general documentation page for these two seats! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats You can be an election facilitator! You can run this election! Sign up and start posting here! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019#2019_call_for_election_facilitators ! Here is what needs to be done - 1. help confirm the schedule for calling for candidates, opening the vote, and ending the election 2. post all comments and criticism to the talk page, and also, answer other people's comments. Make requests of what you want to happen! 3. contact a chapter or user group and discuss the election 4. consider which candidates to nominate - nominations open soon 5. prepare election policy not only for this election but for reuse in future elections 6. encourage diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the election process @Itzik and @Darwin - you are invited to bring your comments to the election's talk page. The best comments to bring are comments on behalf of a voting organization and which recommend a specific solution to problems raised. Bring your colleagues. Thanks - On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 11:50 AM Paulo Santos Perneta < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I understand that, in face of this decision, something (the "movement"? > the affiliates? who?) will have to come up with some process in some place > (where?) to viabilize the inclusion of UGs in the Affiliate-selected Board > seats (ASBS) 2019 process, which is expected to start in about 45 days. > > What happens if no consensus is reached during that time frame? Will ASBS > be pushed forward indefinitely until some consensus on the process is > reached? > > How do fluid entities like UGs without even a proper registry of its > members will chose a representant? I believe at least that will have to be > decided. > > All this reminds-me of the infamous Paulo Coelho quote from "O > Alquimista": "Quando > alguém quer uma coisa, *todo o Universo* conspira para que possa > realizá-la" - "When someone wants something, all the Universe conspires to > make it happen". And also of another very well known Portuguese sayings: > "pushing something forward with one's belly". > > Best, > Paulo - DarwIn > Wikimedia Portugal > > > Nataliia Tymkiv <[email protected]> escreveu no dia terça, 19/02/2019 > à(s) 15:17: > > > Hello all! > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board has unanimously approved the changes to > the > > Bylaws [1] during the last Board meeting on January 30, 2019. This will > be > > covered in the minutes, and the resolution will be published in short > > order. > > > > This change allows the participation of User Groups [2] in the > > Affiliate-selected Board seats (ASBS) 2019 process [3]. The discussion > > about this process should start as soon as possible in order to have > these > > two seats selected by Wikimania. This is why we are sending this letter > > now, before the resolution is published. > > > > There are now over 100 recognized User Groups, covering over 50 > countries, > > several languages and topics, many of whom represent new and emergent > > communities within the Wikimedia movement. The Board believes that the > > added perspectives of the User Groups, combined with the voices of > Chapters > > and Thematic Organizations, will lead to a richer collection of guidance > > for our movement. The conversation about how User Groups may participate > in > > this process has been on for years, it is not a new topic [4]. > > > > Once the facilitators of the Selection process are appointed by the > > affiliates, they should work with María Sefidari, who has been chosen by > > the Board as the Board liaison for the ASBS process. > > > > Given the potential complexity of organizing a process that now will > > include over a hundred user groups, the Wikimedia Foundation is offering > > its support to set up infrastructure and help with communications if > > requested by the affiliates. > > > > A page for translation can be found at: > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Wikimedia_Foundation_Bylaws_changed_plus_next_steps > > > > On behalf of the Board > > > > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > > > > Chair of the Board Governance Committee > > > > [1] > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/December_2018_-_Affiliate-selected_trustees,_term_limits,_and_diversity > > > > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups > > > > > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019 > > > > > > [4] > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_bylaws/January_2014_-_Amendment_for_Trustees_selected_by_Chapters_and_Thematic_Organizations > > > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal > working > > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You > > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. 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