Congratulations to the new members! Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής
Στις Πέμ, 13 Ιουν 2019 - 6:16 π.μ. ο χρήστης Rajeeb Dutta < [email protected]> έγραψε: > Great new!! Congratulations to Nataliia, Shani and the current board > members who took the initiative and launched this > process of election. Last but not the least, I like to thank election > facilitators as well. > > Best Regards, > Rajeeb Dutta. > (U: Marajozkee). > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 13-Jun-2019, at 5:13 AM, João Alexandre Peschanski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > The ASBS voting was an exciting process, as it was a first and important > > step to deepen and broaden participatory decision making in our > movement. I > > thank the current board members who have been bold and launched this > > process. I also thank the election facilitators who have worked > restlessly > > to make this happen. Thanks to candidates who have contributed to a > > productive, engaging exchange of ideas with community members. > > > > The election of Nataliia and Shani is of course wonderful. > Congratulations! > > From what I can tell, the Brazilian community --which has gone through > such > > a hard period in recent times-- is wholeheartedly celebrating for you! > > > > Cheers, > > > > João > > User:Joalpe > > > > > > Em qua, 12 de jun de 2019 às 19:56, Ad Huikeshoven <[email protected]> > > escreveu: > > > >> *Dear Wikimedians, We are writing to let you know the result of the > >> election for the 2 Affiliate Selected Board Seats on the Wikimedia > >> Foundation board. The successful candidates were Nataliia Tymkiv and > Shani > >> Evenstein Sigalov. A total of 122 affiliates voted, 85% of the 143 > eligible > >> to vote, which is a record. As you know the election was conducted > under a > >> variation of the Single Transferable Vote, which meant that prorated > votes > >> were redistributed between candidates to come up with the final result. > In > >> the 10th step of counting the final place, after Nataliia Tymkiv was > >> elected, was between Shani Evenstein Sigalov (40.519678) and Richard > Knipel > >> (40.480322). We have put the full count narrative on meta so that > others > >> can verify it if they wish.[1] It is the closest ASBS result for some > time, > >> and all candidates brought very valuable perspectives to the work of the > >> WMF. In the 9th step of counting Reda Kerbouche lost by a very small > >> margin. Adding a ballot with rank #1 for Richard or Reda would result in > >> them being elected instead of Shani. The same goes for removing a > ballot. > >> Changing the ranking on one of the ballots in a specific can way can > result > >> in a different outcome for the second seat. This is an election in which > >> every vote counts. As in any election, there is a chance that some > voters > >> misinterpreted the instructions and voted wrongly. We don't see a > >> justification for an action as extraordinary and controversial as > opening > >> votes for review after the vote period is over. The instructions were > >> visible and clear: "Rank any candidate from 1 (your preferred > candidate) to > >> 11 (your least preferred candidate)." After voting, voters received a > >> confirmation email stating the name of each candidate they voted with > the > >> number of their rank: Rank 1, Rank 2, ... The agency of voters should be > >> respected. As part of the retrospective we may identify areas of > >> improvements on our side, but still the process was quite simple and > >> documented. Some voters realized they made a mistake and requested a new > >> ballot. New ballots were issued in those cases. This choice was done > >> because of the specific situation of this election, since the process > was > >> complex for new affiliates and participation, diversity and inclusion > were > >> a clear goal.[2] We have published on meta information about who got a > new > >> ballot within the voting deadline.[3] The Election Facilitators have > been > >> available nearly 24 hours a day monitoring the various communication > >> channels to answer any questions affiliates might have. We did our best > at > >> answering all of them. After our own scrutiny of the data, and based on > our > >> experience in community processes, we strongly advise the community to > >> respect the integrity of the process, and advise against allowing any > >> modifications of votes at this point. If the votes had been reopened for > >> modification with or without publishing vote results, that would have > >> caused significant confusion and criticism that could have jeopardized > the > >> entire election. We will publish a debrief with recommendations for a > next > >> ASBS process on meta.[4] We invite all representatives of affiliates to > a > >> feedback session at Wikimania.[5] We would like to congratulate Nataliia > >> Tymkiv and Shani Evenstein Sigalov and thank everyone who stood. > Regards, > >> Ad Huikeshoven, Lane Rasberry, Jeffrey Keefer, Neal McBurnett, Abhinav > >> Srivastava, Alessandor MarchettiElection Facilitators [1] > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results > >> < > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Results > >>> > >> [2] > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019 > >> < > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/Resolution_2019 > >>> > >> [3] > >> > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_ballots > >> < > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/New_ballots > >>> > >> [4] > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief > >> < > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2019/Debrief > >>> > >> [5] > >> https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback > >> <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/ASBS_Feedback>* > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > >> New messages to: [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
