וויקימעדיע פונדאציע וואלן/געלטטיילן אמבודסמענטש וואלן 2015

The election ended 31 מאַי 2015. No more votes will be accepted. The results were announced on 5 יוני 2015. Please consider submitting any feedback regarding the 2015 election on the election's post mortem page.

The 2015 elections for the Funds Dissemination Committee Ombudsperson will be held from 3 to 10 May 2015. Members of the Wikimedia community have the opportunity to elect one candidate to a two-year term which will expire in 2017. The purpose of the FDC Ombudsperson is to receive and publicly document complaints about the FDC process, and to feedbacks and recommendations to the Board of Trustees about how the FDC process could improve.

The Election Committee will announce the results on or before 15 May 2015. Detailed results will be available.

אינפארמאציע פאר וויילער

באדערפענישן

רעדאקטירער

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:

• נישט זיין בלאקירט אויף מער ווי איין פראיעקט;

• און ניט זיין א 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.

אנטוויקלונג

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.

וויקימעדיע פונדאציע שטאב און קאנטראקטארן

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.

אינפארמאציע פאר וויילער

The Funds Dissemination Committee is looking for an especially diverse candidate pool and knows that the community itself is most likely to know who would be a good fit. Do you know someone who would be a good candidate for the role of FDC Ombudsman? If so, you can nominate them for the position!

וויאזוי צו נאמינירן א צווייטן

If you think that the candidate is eligible, you can ask the election committee to reach out to them, provide information about the position and invite them to apply or ask questions. If you want to do this, you should write an email to board-nominations@lists.wikimedia.org with:

1. The username of the user you want to nominate.
2. What position(s) you think they would be a good fit for.
3. Are you ok with your name or username being provided as the nominator?
4. A short description of why you think they would be a good fit for the position and what they could offer the movement.

וואס פאסירט נעקסט

After receiving a nomination, the elections committee or their WMF advisors will reach out to the nominee to provide information about the position and it's requirements and to see if they are interested in running. If they are interested, they will be provided with instructions on how to submit their candidacy and, as always, will be able to ask questions about the process or the position.

אינפארמאציע פאר קאנדידאטן

ראלעס און פאראנטווארטלעכקייטן פונעם געלטטיילן קאמיטעט אמבודסמענטש

פונעם FDC פארטאל

The FDC Ombudsperson plays several important roles in the FDC process:

• To receive and publicly document complaints about the FDC process;
• To support complaints investigations (only when formally requested to do so by the Board representatives on the FDC);
• To publish an annual report to the Board that summarizes the feedback it receives and make recommendations about how the FDC process could improve

זעט נאך...

קריטעריע פאר FDC־אמבודסמענטש

To be eligible for the Ombudsperson role, an individual:

• Be at least 18 years old and of legal age in your home country;
• Must be able to work effectively in English (although full fluency is not required);
• Must have been active in the Wikimedia community for at least 2 years;
• Should have sufficient time and dedication to commit to this process;
• Have a track record of constructive engagement in community discussions and an orientation toward collaborative problem solving; and
• Be able to set aside any conflicts of interest and work towards the mission goals of the Wikimedia movement without considering individual or organizational interests

זעט נאך...

פאראויסזעצונגען פאר קאנדידאטור

The eligibility requirements for candidates are the same as for voters (see voter requirements) with the following additional requirements:

• You must not have been convicted of a serious crime or any crime involving dishonesty or deception; and
• You must not have been removed from a position at a non-profit organization or other company because of mismanagement or misconduct; and
• At the time of nomination or election, you may not be banned or blocked from any Wikimedia project for a period of 30 days or longer; and
• You must be over 18 years old and over the age of majority in your home country; and
• You must submit proof of your identity to the Wikimedia Foundation (see below).

איינגעבן פראצעס

If you are eligible, you can submit your candidacy by doing the following:

1. Write a brief summary of no more than 1200 characters (excluding spaces) stating what you would do if you were elected to the Funds Dissemination Committee, your relevant opinions and experience, and anything else you think is relevant. You may not use your candidate summary to link to lists of endorsements or other platform pages, and may not run on a slate with other candidates.
2. Submit your summary between 00:00, April 20 2015 (UTC) and 23:59, April 30 2015 (UTC). Your statement may only be changed in the 3 days after submission, or up to April 30, whichever comes first, except for minor corrections (for instance, spelling correction) or translation. Any additions or changes to content submitted after this deadline will be time-stamped and presented separately from the original summary, and will only be presented to voters if they get translated into all of the same languages as the original summary. You should note that earlier submissions allow time for translation into more languages, and that submissions provided on the due date or just before may not be as widely translated.

   Please note: To allow voters to engage with candidates quickly statements will be sent for professional translation within 48 hours of submission. While the first translation will be on a 24 hour turn around future updates will be grouped together and may take longer.

3. As part of your submission, you must respond to standard questions. The responses to these questions will not count as characters for your summary. The standard questions are:
   1. What experiences of yours do you think will enhance the work and recommendation process of the FDC?
      1. Around directing and/or evaluating annual plans and programs?
      2. Around grantmaking?
   2. What do you understand to be the Ombudsperson's role?
   3. What are some potential complaints about the FDC process that you believe could be documented with the Ombudsperson, and how might you deal with them?
4. Submit proof of your identity to the Wikimedia Foundation before 23:59, April 30 (UTC). You will be privately contacted by a member of the Election Committee with further information about meeting this requirement when you list yourself as a candidate.

Candidates who fail to comply with the above requirements and deadlines will be disqualified.

Submitting proof of identity to the Wikimedia Foundation

Candidates for this position must submit proof of identity and evidence of age of majority as a condition of candidacy. This proof may be provided in one of the following manners:

• Copy or scan of driver's license.
• Copy or scan of passport.
• Copy or scan of other official documentation indicating real name and age.

This may be provided to the WMF in one of the following means:

• via email to secure-infowikimedia.org
• via facsimile to +1 (415) 882-0495
• via post (snail mail) to:

Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

ATTN: JAMES ALEXANDER

149 New Montgomery Street, 3rd Floor

San Francisco, CA 94106

USA

• Note that post is not recommended. Exceptions will not be made if a candidate's documentation has not arrived at the WMF offices by the deadline of 23:59 UTC, 30 April 2015.

ארגאניזאציע

צייטליניע

• 30 April 2015: Deadline for candidate submissions and Identification verification

• 30 April – 2 May 2015: Questions and discussion between candidates and community

• 3–10 מיי: וויילן
• 11–15 May: שטים־קאנטראלירן

15טן מיי: מעלדן רעזולטאטן