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In general, operates based on
consensus, and
m:Don't vote on everything voting is discouraged as a method of settling content disputes (though well-designed
:Straw polls surveys can be useful to gauge and develop consensus). However, in order to fill certain specific functions in the community, there are a few instances in which we use '''
elections''' to choose individuals for particular positions.
Wikimedia Board
Wikimedia The Wikimedia Foundation is the parent organization of . The affairs of the Wikimedia Foundation are handled by a
Wikimedia:Board of Trustees Board of Trustees. Two of the five seats on the Board are elected by members of the Wikimedia community. The first election was for two positions that were held for one year. The second election was for two positions to be held for two years.
The first election was held from
May 29 to
June 12,
2004 and the second from
June 28 to
July 11,
2005. Both elections used
approval voting.
User:Angela Angela Beesley and
User:Anthere Florence Nibart-Devouard were elected as trustees between 2004 and 2005, and again between 2005 and 2007.
The next board election is anticipated in June, 2007.
'''Related links'''
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meta:Elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, 2005 Information on the elections
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m:Election results 2004 Election results 2004
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m:Election results 2005 Election results 2005
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m:Wikimedia Foundation bylaws Wikimedia bylaws
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meta:Election candidates 2005/En Candidate entries
Arbitration Committee
The original
:Arbitration Committee Arbitration Committee was [http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2003-December/008801.html appointed by Jimbo Wales] in December 2003, and consisted of 12 members. In making these appointments,
User:Jimbo Wales Jimbo indicated that in the future, the Arbitrators would be elected. The Arbitrators serve for three-year terms beginning on January 1. However, in order to stagger the terms, four of the original appointments were subject to reelection after one year, and four more after two years. This will result in a third of the positions being open for election on an annual basis.
Of the original appointees, one refused the appointment and another withdrew from the Committee shortly after it was organized. Both of the vacated positions were in the group to be elected after the first year. In order to fill these vacancies, the
:Arbitration Committee Elections July 2004 first election for the Arbitration Committee was a special election for two members to fill the unexpired terms through to the end of 2004. This resulted in the election of
User:Jwrosenzweig Jwrosenzweig and
User:Raul654 Raul654 as Arbitrators. Complete results of the election are available at the
:ArbCom election results ArbCom election results page.
The regular election cycle began with the
:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004 December 2004 elections. This covered the two especially-elected positions held by Jwrosenzweig and Raul654, two additional positions whose terms expire at the end of 2004 (held by
User:Jdforrester James F. and
User:The Cunctator The Cunctator), and vacancies created by additional resignations (
User:MyRedDice Martin Harper,
User:Gutza Gutza, and
User:Camembert Camembert).
The second election began on
9 January 2006 and ran through 23 January 2006. Complete details of the election can be found here:
:Arbitration Committee Elections January 2006 January 2006 elections
:Eight of the twelve seats were up for change, as the terms of
User:Fred Bauder Fred Bauder and
User:David Gerard David Gerard expired on
31 December 2005, as did the temporary placements of
User:Jdforrester James F.,
User:Fennec Fennec,
User:Jayjg JayJG, and
User:Mindspillage Mindspillage.
User:Sannse Sannse and
User:Kelly Martin Kelly Martin resigned from the Committee (on
4 November 2005 and
12 January 2006, respectively). Jimbo Wales announced that eleven seats (three additional to the eight originally planned) would be added to the Arbitration Committee, bringing the total up to fifteen seats.
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User:Mindspillage Mindspillage was elected to fill his position and
User:Filiocht Filiocht,
User:Charles Matthews Charles Matthews, and
User:Morven Morven were elected to Beta tranche (serving until 2008) to fill positions left vacant by
User:Fred Bauder Fred Bauder,
User:Fennec, and
User:Jayjg JayJG.
User:Jdforrester James F. was appointed as a new seat to the Arbitration Committee by Jimbo after gaining community support.
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User:SimonP SimonP and
User:Dmcdevit Dmcdevit were appointed to Alpha tranche (serving until 2007) to fill positions left vacant by
User:Jdforrester James F. and
User:Sannse Sannse.
User:Fred Bauder Fred Bauder was appointed as a new seat to the Arbitration Committee by Jimbo after gaining community support.
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User:Sam Korn Sam Korn and
User:Mackensen Mackensen were appointed to Gamma tranche (serving until 2006) to fill positions left vacant by
User:Jayjg JayJG and
User:Kelly Martin Kelly Martin.
User:Jayjg Jayjg was appointed as a new seat to the Arbitration Committee by Jimbo after gaining community support.
Mediation Committee
The
:Mediation Committee Mediation Committee was appointed at the same time as the Arbitration Committee, but no election procedure was specified. Instead, the mediators are a more loosely organized group, with new volunteers being added and old ones withdrawing at their discretion. The committee does not use a fixed number of positions, so it appears elections are not necessary. New mediators may volunteer or be nominated, subject to approval by the existing mediators and community consensus.
Association of Members' Advocates
The coordinator of the
:Association of Members' Advocates Association of Members' Advocates (AMA) is an elected position. It was the first position on to actually go through an election process. The
:AMA Coordinator Election election, held in April 2004, resulted in the selection of
User:Alex756 Alex756, a founder of the association, as the first elected AMA Coordinator on April 30, 2004.
The term of service for the
:AMA Coordinator AMA Coordinator is undetermined but one suggestion was that it would be for six months, meaning that the next election would have been held sometime around November 2004, but this did not occur so it appears that the original suggestion that the period be undetermined is now being reviewed. The AMA is a voluntary association, and anyone can join, but membership is required in order to vote in AMA elections. Past procedure stated that members must join before the start of voting date to be eligible to vote. The inspectors of election, who were not members, conducted a secret vote, though they had knowledge of each member's vote.
A
WP:AMA poll ending on '''January 14th 2005''' was being held to decide when there next should be elections; a proposed on-line
:AMA Membership Meeting plans AMA Membership Meeting has been planned to start on January 23, 2005 as an IRC discussion to discuss the future election and other AMA activities. The purpose of the meeting is for members to discuss and clarify future activities of the association and its members.
Esperanza Advisory Board and Administrator General
WP:ESP Esperanza is run by an Administrator General in charge of Executive functions within the organization and an Advisory Board which acts as a Sub-Executive Committee responsible for assisting the Administrator General.
The Administrator General is elected at the beginning of each year to a one year term and cannot run for re-election until another Administrator General has been elected.
The Advisory Board is elected in two Tranches, A and B. Normally, Tranche Elections occur every 4 months, but due to the establishment of the Advisory Board, the
:Esperanza/2005 Advisory Committee Elections October 2005 Advisory Committee Elections elected both Tranches, with the top two vote getters entering Tranche A, which will have another election in March 2006, and the next top two vote getters entering Tranche B, which will have another election in January 2006.
In case of a tie in any election, a runoff is conducted where Esperanzans can only choose one candidate, contrary to a general election where Esperanzans may vote once for all candidates if they so choose.
Administrators and Bureaucrats
:Administrators Administrators and
:Bureaucrats Bureaucrats, are selected on a rolling basis, based on a less formal process of community consensus. For more information, see
:Requests for adminship.
See also
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