Thursday, September 12, 2024

I voted for the 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. I don’t know any of the candidates personally, so my vote based on my intuitive feeling, which is based on their introduction texts.

• Tesleemah from Nigeria. I will be bringing my energetic vibe to the board which is very contagious, of course!.

• Bobby from South Africa. The Wikimedia movement operates in a rapidly changing environment

• Victoria from UK. Russian native. We crucially need trustees with experience.

• Lorenzo from Italy. The realization of our global nature.

• Farah from Palestine/UK. Languages: ar-N, en-N, fr-2, es-2, he-2, nl-1. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Business Administration, which gives me insight into the business world, a skill beneficial to being on a nonprofit’s board.

• Rosie from United States. I think about the far future of our Wikimedia movement… 10-100 years from now.

• Lane from United States. Investment in community.

• Christel from Germany. The main priority should be attracting more contributors from places around the world or niches in society that we have not reached so far.

• Maciej from Poland. Well-funded local organizations (affiliates/hubs) should lead the programmatic activities and use their local expertise to support users.

• Erik from United States. I recognize that I come from a position of privilege as a white male who grew up speaking English.

• Mohammed Alhassan from Ghana. Ensure Equity in Decision Making in the movement activities and invest more in supporting the indegenous and the underreprented groups

• Deon Deon from South Africa.