Affiliate-selected Board seats/2016

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.

Affiliate-selected Board seats election FAQ

Key dates:

Nominations were open from February 8 to March 8; see the Call for Candidates and Nominations pages. Community members may ask questions of the candidates.
Votes have been cast from March 24 and May 7.

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).