Amatora y' Umuryango wa Wikimedia 2021
The election ended 31 Kanama 2021. No more votes will be accepted.
The results were announced on 7 Nzeri 2021. Please consider submitting any feedback regarding the 2021 election on the elections' post analysis page.
Kujya Munteko y' amatora kuri Telegram.
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2021 Board Elections |
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Umwaka wa 2021 Amatoray' Inteko y abizerwa ateganyijwe kuwa 4 z' ukwamunani 2021 kugeza kwitariki 17 z'ukwamunani 2021, Abagize kominote y'umuryango wa wikimedia bafite amahirwe yo guhitamo abakandida mugihe kingana n' imyaka itatu.Gutanga candidatire zabo biteganyijwe kuwa 9 z'ukwagatandatu 2021. Ariko aya matariki ashobora guhinduka n' nayagateganyo.
Ingengabihe
- 15 April: Board of Trustees resolution about the upcoming elections
- 29 April: Call for Election Volunteers
- 9 June – 29 June: Call for Candidates
- 30 June – 2 July: Announcement of confirmed candidates
- 7 July – 3 August: Candidates campaign period
- 18 August: Voting period opens
- 31 August: Voting period closes
- 1 September – 7 September: Vote counting and processing
- 7 September: Announcement of vote results
- September: Board of Trustees appoints selected candidates
The Board election facilitators created a graphic of the timeline. This can be used to share information about the election. The graphic is available in more languages.
Campaign Activities
This is a list of campaign activities planned during the campaign period. Further activities are in the making, the list will be updated continuously. Community members are welcome to add additional activities to the list below. If you add activities, please link to the page where community members can find more information.
- 3 July at : Candidates meet with the facilitation team for a Campaign Briefing.
- During this conversation the facilitation team will answer questions candidates may have.
- 04 July at : Candidates meet with Middle East and North Africa (MENA) communities
- 7 July: Candidates begin answering questions submitted from the community : list posted on 2 July.
- 10 July: Candidates meet with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) communities
- 22 July at : Candidates meet with the African community
- 23 July at : Candidates meet with Francophone community
- 28 July at : Candidates' July 28 meeting
- 31 July at : Candidates meet with the South, East, Southeast Asian and Pacific communities
- 1 August at : Candidates meet with English-language communities
Amakuru ajyanye n'amatora
Uburyo bukwiye bwo guhagararirwa buzitabwaho.Andi makuru akenewe azatangazwa mucyumweru gitaha. kandi ibi bizaba bikubiyemo amakuru y' ibisawa areba abazatora ,uburyo bw' umwihariko bwo gutora, n'amabwiriza n' ibikenewe mugutora.
Eligibility requirements for voters
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:
- blocked in no more than one project;
- and not be a bot;
- and have made at least 300 edits before 5 July 2021 across Wikimedia wikis;
- and have made at least 20 edits between 5 January 2021 and 5 July 2021.
The AccountEligibility tool can be used to quickly verify basic editor voting eligibility.
Developers
Developers qualify to vote if they:
- Main criteria
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- are Wikimedia server administrators with shell access
- or have made at least one merged commit to any Wikimedia repos on Gerrit, between 5 January 2021 and 5 July 2021.
- Additional criteria
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- Note: If you meet the main criteria, you will be able to vote immediately. Due to the technical limitations of SecurePoll, people who meet the additional criteria may not be able to directly vote, unless they meet any of the other criteria. If you think you meet the additional criteria, please email board-elections wikimedia.org with the reasoning at least four days before the last date for voting i.e. on or before August 13, 2021. If you meet the criteria, we will add you to a manual list, to be able to vote.
Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors
Current Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors qualify to vote if they have been employed by the Foundation as of 5 July 2021.
Wikimedia movement affiliates’ staff and contractors
Current Wikimedia Chapter, thematic organization or user group staff and contractors qualify to vote if they have been employed by their organization as of 5 July 2021.
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.
Amakuru Kubiyamamaza
The 2021 Board of Trustees elections are held 4 August 2021 to 17 August 2021. Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect four candidates to a three-year term. The Call for Candidates closed on 29 June 2021.
Gusakaza
Abitabiriye amatora mbere bagere kw'10% kwisi hose.byagenze neza muma kominote afite abakoranabushake b' amatora.amwe murayo ma kominote yarengeje 20% y' abitabiriye amatora.
Abakorera bushake b'Amatora
Do you want to help improve voter numbers in your community? You don’t need to have experience in elections. Election Volunteers can help promote the Board election in their community. Volunteers from all Wiki Projects are welcome! The aim is to have at least one Election Volunteer for Wiki Projects in the top 30 for eligible voters. Help form a more diverse and better performing Board of Trustees by getting your community involved in the election!
Ibiganiro
Haribiganiro bitandukanye bivuga kumatora y'inteko y'abizerwa birikuba hirya no hino kwisi. Ikaze mubiganiro!
- Inteko y'amatora Kuri Telegram
- The Board election facilitation team will share announcements and updates here.
- Election Volunteers from South Asia
- Add link here so others may join the conversation
Team
- Elections Committee
- AbhiSuryawanshi
- Carlojoseph14
- HakanIST
- KTC
- Mardetanha
- Masssly
- Matanya
- Ruslik0
- Facilitation team
- Quim Gil- Coordination
- Jackie Koerner- Facilitation for English language and Meta-Wiki
- Denis Barthel- Facilitation for German language and North and Western Europe affiliates
- Mahuton Possoupe- Facilitation for French language
- Vanj Padilla- Facilitation for East, South-East Asia and Pacific region
- Krishna C. Velaga- Facilitation for South Asia region
- Ravan Al-Taie- Facilitation for Middle East and North Africa region
- Mehman Ibragimov- Facilitation for Central and Eastern Europe region
- Zita Zage- Facilitation for Sub-Saharan Africa region
- Oscar Costero- Facilitation for Latin America region
- Mohammed Bachounda- Facilitation support for French language and MENA region
Background
Amatora y' Inteko y'abizerwa yari muri 2020 hagamijwe gutora batotu munteko y'abizerwa.Muri mata 20202 inteko yaratangajwe ko gahunda y amatora ibaye ihagaritswe. yongera gutangazwa muri mata 2021 gahunda yinteko y amatora ya 2021. Inteko igamije kongera no kwagura imikoraninire mumatora
Inteko yongereye imyanya kugeza kumyanya 16 kugirango yongere imirimo nuburambe bukenewe muguteza imbere umuryango wa wikimedia.ububusabe bwitaweho hakurikijwe ibyavuye munshuti zumuryango.
- Kominote 3 shyashya ndetse n'inyanya yatoranyijwe
- Inteko 3 shyashya n' inyanya yateganyijwe
Imuyanya ine izagerwaho muri 2021,itatu izaba ari mishyashya hanyuma uwakane ushingire ku kwaguka kw'inteko.Izindi kominote ebyiri shyashya n' imyanya ijyanye nazoyemejwe,bizatornwa mukwa w' 2022,hamwe n' imyanya ibiri bijya,byosehamwe byuzuze imyanya ine.