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Affiliate-selected Board seats/2016

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The 2016 affiliate-selected Board seats process took place from 7 February 2016 through 8 May 2016.

The successful candidates were Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv.

Process

The process is governed by the resolution adopted by the Wikimedia chapters and thematic organizations.

The election facilitators for 2016 are Chris Keating, Laurentius and Bluerasberry. They are responsible for overseeing the process and are happy to answer any questions. Pundit is the board liason for the process.

Key dates:

Current Board of Trustees

The affiliate selected board members will be replacing the outgoing Frieda Brioschi and Patricio Lorente who have not put themselves forward as candidates this time. Patricio Lorente served two terms of two years as an affiliate selected Board seat.

The two individuals appointed will join these members of the Board of Trustees:

Name Seat Term ends Languages Location
Alice Wiegand (User:Lyzzy) Appointed December 31, 2016 de-N, en-2 Germany
Dr. Dariusz Jemielniak (User:Pundit) Community Wikimania 2017 pl-N, en-4, de-1, ru-1 Poland; Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Guy Kawasaki Appointed December 31, 2016 en-N San Francisco Bay Area, United States of America
Jimmy Wales (User:Jimbo Wales) Founder December 31, 2018 en-N England
Kelly Battles Appointed December 31, 2017 en-N California, United States of America
María Sefidari (User:Raystorm) Community Wikimania 2017 es-N, en-4, fr-2 Spain

Result

The successful candidates were Christophe Henner and Nataliia Tymkiv. A total of 40 affiliates (including 39 chapters and the sole Thematic Organisation) voted.

The number of first preferences received by each candidate was as follows:

Name Received
Christophe Henner 9.00
Siska Doviana 6.75
Jan Ainali 5.50
Osmar Valdebenito 5.50
Nataliia Tymkiv 4.75
Susanna Mkrtchyan 3.25
Lodewijk Gelauff 2.50
Maarten Deneckere 1.50
Kunal Mehta 1.25
Leigh Thelmadatter 0.00

The election was conducted under the Single Transferable Vote, which meant that votes were redistributed between candidates to come up with the final result. In the 9th round of voting the final place, after Christophe was elected, was between Nataliia (16.09) and Siska (9.91).

Timeline

January

2016
January
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 Call for facilitators 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 Schedule finalized 29 30
31

Schedule ASBS 2016
Facilitators selection & Schedule finalization

  • Jan 1–16: Volunteer for facilitators sign up in Meta
  • Jan 17: Facilitators selected
  • Jan 24–29: Schedule finalized

Facilitators

Result


February

February
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 Nominations open 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29

Open call nomination for Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees Nomination

Result


March

March
S M T W T F S
1 Nomination open 4 5
6 Nominations ended 9 Nomination finalization process
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 Voting starts
27 28 29 30 31

Nomination finalized & Voting begins

  • March 8: Open call for nomination ends
  • March 9: Nomination finalization process
  • March 23: Nomination finalized
  • March 24: Voting starts

Vote!

Result

April

April
S M T W T F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21
25 26 27 28 29 30

Voting & Wikimedia Conference 2016

WMCON

Wikimedia Conference, Berlin

May

May
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 Voting ends 7
8 Calculation 11 Result Announce
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

Voting end & Result

Selected trustees

Result

June

June
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23
27 28 29 30

Wikimania 2016, Esino Lario, Italy

  • June 24–26

Wikimania 2016