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The election ended 31 May 2015. No more votes will be accepted.
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results were announced
on 5 June 2015. Please consider submitting any feedback regarding the 2015 election on the
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2015 WMF elections
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The 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections will be held in May 2015. Members of the Wikimedia community will have the opportunity to elect candidates for
Board of Trustees
Funds Dissemination Committee
and
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
Process
The elections will be held securely using
SecurePoll
software. Votes are secret, and no one from the Election Committee, the Board, or anyone on the Wikimedia Foundation staff has access to them. The encryption key for the election is held by an independent third party; once activated, the election is halted. Some personally identifiable data on voters (for instance, IP address, user agent, and other data that is substantially similar to that obtained by the Checkuser tool) is viewable by a select few persons who audit and tally the election (
the election committee
). Voters submit votes using a Support/Neutral/Oppose system. The votes will be tallied and the candidates will be ranked by percentage of support, defined as the number of votes cast in support of the candidate divided by the total number of votes cast for the candidate ("neutral" preferences are not counted, so this is the sum of support and oppose votes). The candidates with the highest percentage of support will be recommended to the Board of Trustees for appointment.
Funds Dissemination Committee elections
From 3 to 10 May 2015, members of the Wikimedia community will have the opportunity to vote in the Funds Dissemination Committee elections for:
Five members of the
Funds Dissemination Committee
to serve a two–year term which will expire in 2017.
One
Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson
to serve a two-year term which will expire in 2017.
The election committee will announce the results on or before 15 May 2015. Detailed results will be available.
Board of Trustees election
From 17 to 31 May 2015, members of the Wikimedia community will have the opportunity to vote in the Board of Trustees election for:
Three members of the
Board of Trustees
to serve a two-year term which will expire in 2017. The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the United States. The Wikimedia Foundation manages many diverse projects such as Wikipedia and Commons.
The election committee will announce the results on or before 5 June 2015. Detailed results will be available.
Information for voters
How to vote
If you are eligible to vote
Read the
candidate presentations
and decide which candidates you will support.
Go to the SecurePoll voting page.
Follow the instructions.
Still having trouble voting? Check here.
Requirements
Editors
You may vote from any one registered account you own on a Wikimedia wiki. You may only vote once, regardless of how many accounts you own. To qualify, this one account must:
not be blocked on more than one project;
and not be a
bot
and have made at least
300
edits before 15 April 2015 across Wikimedia wikis (edits on several wikis can be combined if your accounts are
unified into a global account
);
and have made at least
20
edits between 15 October 2014 and 15 April 2015.
The
AccountEligibility tool
can be used to quickly verify basic editor voting eligibility.
Developers
Developers qualify to vote if they:
Are Wikimedia server administrators with shell access;
Or have commit access and have made at least one merged commits in
git
to Wikimedia Foundation utilized repos between 15 October 2014 and 15 April 2015.
Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors
Current Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors qualify to vote if they have been employed by the Foundation as of 15 April 2015.
Wikimedia Foundation board members, Advisory board members, FDC committee members
Current and former members of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, the Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board and the Funds Dissemination Committee are qualified to vote.
Information for nominators
Do you know someone who you think would be a good candidate? If so, you can nominate them for the position!
Information for Board of Trustees candidates
Information for Funds Dissemination Committee candidates
Information for Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson candidates
Information for candidates
All candidates must meet the requirements for voters, as well as role–specific requirements.
Multiple candidacies are not permitted
Information for Board of Trustees candidates
Information for Funds Dissemination Committee candidates
Information for Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson candidates
Organization
Timeline
Funds Dissemination Committee elections
30 April 2015: Deadline for candidate submissions and identification verification
30 April – 2 May 2015: Questions and discussion between candidates and community
3–10 May: Voting
11–15 May: Vote-checking
15 May: Goal for announcement of results
Board of Trustees elections
5 May: Deadline for candidate submissions and Identification verification
5–16 May: Questions and discussion between candidates and community
17–31 May: Voting
1–5 June: Vote-checking
5 June: Goal for announcement of results
See also
Wikimedia Foundation elections
Board of Trustees elections
Funds Dissemination Committee elections
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