Hello everyone,
Election time is nearly upon us again. As you may recall the board has
three directly elected representatives on it which serve for two
years. After last year's restructuring we decided to have the board
elections every odd year, and have the chapters select their
representatives every even year. As in the past years we rely on an
effective election committee to coordinate the elections for us. They
not only guarantee that the election is overseen by an independent
body, but they also make sure that the tremendous amount of work that
needs to be done is taken care of.
In the past years the election committee has often lacked one or two
essential skills, this is why the board received a request from
members of last year's committee to allow them to reach out and form
the basis of an election committee in which all the necessary skills
were present, but which was also able to operate across the different
time zones. The board agreed to this approach and has so far approved
the following election committee members after they were proposed.
Jesse Plamondon-Willard - User:Pathoschild (UTC-5; Quebec, Canada)
Daniel Bryant - User:Daniel (UTC+10:30; Adelaide, Australia)
Yann Forget - User:Yann (UTC+1; Haute-Savoie, France)
'Dvortygirl' - User:Dvortygirl (UTC-7; California, United States)
Alexandre Emsenhuber - User:iAlex (UTC+1; Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Mohsen Salek - User:Mardetanha (UTC+3:30; Zanjan, IR Iran)
Philippe Beaudette - User:Philippe (UTC-5; Oklahoma, United States)
Andrew Garrett - User:Werdna (UTC+10; Sydney, Australia)
Of course there is always room for more volunteers. If you feel that
you can contribute to this committee, please contact the board
election committee (Board-elections@lists.wikimedia.org) and inform
them of your interest and give a small summary of why you think you
would be able to help out with this process. Just to make sure we all
understand: you cannot be part of the election committee if you are
planning to be a candidate or are planning to support any candidate
publicly or have any other conflict of interest. Deadline for any
extra volunteers is April 3nd 12:00 UTC. After the deadline the
election committee will decide which extra volunteers they want to
propose to the board for approval.
The timeline for the next steps in the process will be published in
the beginning of April by the election committee. So if you are
interested in becoming a candidate, time to start preparing!
Regards
Jan-Bart de Vreede
Board Liason Election Committee
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Election time is nearly upon us again. As you may recall the board has
three directly elected representatives on it which serve for two
years. After last year's restructuring we decided to have the board
elections every odd year, and have the chapters select their
representatives every even year. As in the past years we rely on an
effective election committee to coordinate the elections for us. They
not only guarantee that the election is overseen by an independent
body, but they also make sure that the tremendous amount of work that
needs to be done is taken care of.
In the past years the election committee has often lacked one or two
essential skills, this is why the board received a request from
members of last year's committee to allow them to reach out and form
the basis of an election committee in which all the necessary skills
were present, but which was also able to operate across the different
time zones. The board agreed to this approach and has so far approved
the following election committee members after they were proposed.
Jesse Plamondon-Willard - User:Pathoschild (UTC-5; Quebec, Canada)
Daniel Bryant - User:Daniel (UTC+10:30; Adelaide, Australia)
Yann Forget - User:Yann (UTC+1; Haute-Savoie, France)
'Dvortygirl' - User:Dvortygirl (UTC-7; California, United States)
Alexandre Emsenhuber - User:iAlex (UTC+1; Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Mohsen Salek - User:Mardetanha (UTC+3:30; Zanjan, IR Iran)
Philippe Beaudette - User:Philippe (UTC-5; Oklahoma, United States)
Andrew Garrett - User:Werdna (UTC+10; Sydney, Australia)
Of course there is always room for more volunteers. If you feel that
you can contribute to this committee, please contact the board
election committee (Board-elections@lists.wikimedia.org) and inform
them of your interest and give a small summary of why you think you
would be able to help out with this process. Just to make sure we all
understand: you cannot be part of the election committee if you are
planning to be a candidate or are planning to support any candidate
publicly or have any other conflict of interest. Deadline for any
extra volunteers is April 3nd 12:00 UTC. After the deadline the
election committee will decide which extra volunteers they want to
propose to the board for approval.
The timeline for the next steps in the process will be published in
the beginning of April by the election committee. So if you are
interested in becoming a candidate, time to start preparing!
Regards
Jan-Bart de Vreede
Board Liason Election Committee
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