The September 2017 NYC WikiWednesdaysalon with the Wikimedia NYC community was held Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmatBabycastles, a co-working space and gallery located near 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
This event included the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual meeting and board elections.
(Note that the the new location is 145 W 14th Street, basement, a couple of doors down from the old Babycastles location.)
Requirement to be a candidate for the Wikimedia NYC Board is an annual membership, which is $5. The dues can be paid to the treasurer, in cash or check, at the meeting or by check or by PayPal in advance of the meeting.
If you will be at WikiWednesday, please prepare a 3 sentence introduction to share about yourself
3 sentence introduction can include (name and user name required):
Name
User name
Wikipedia / Wikimedia project interests
Why you would like to be part of the leadership and any goals or projects you are interested in working on
Lane Rasberry, bluerasberry, will be organizing the election
contact Lane with questions
A question about the process bluerasberry; can anybody who attends vote, or is there some formal membership or anything of the sort that is required first? Sorry if this was discussed at the August 2017 meeting (that I missed) FULBERT (talk) 15:14, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Pre-printed ballots were provided listing everyone who had nominated themselves as candidates until the morning of the election. Dues-paying members of Wikimedia NYC were invited to take a ballot. There was an opportunity for those present to pay $5 to become a member. Immediately before the election there was a call for anyone present to nominate themselves as a candidate. No one did this. All candidates were invited to give statements. Candidates who were not physically present included Megs, Emjackson42, and Doctorxgc. Each of these candidates had a proxy speak on their behalf. There was a call for questions or comments. After this, the voting began. When everyone had voted I collected the ballots and counted the votes. All votes came from members in attendance and there were no proxy votes. 30 people were present. [clarification needed] This number included eligible voters who declined to vote, and their blank ballots were not counted. There were 25 people present. All completed ballots were valid. I did not vote myself. One other person chose to not vote, leaving 23 ballots. The candidates with the most votes were as follows:
These candidates are now board officers of Wikimedia NYC serving a one-year term. There were no objections raised to the election process or to the outcome of the election at the event. After the election, it was proposed that officer positions from last term carry over until the board meets to vote again for officers. Thanks for candidates for volunteer to serve on the board and thanks to everyone who voted. Blue Rasberry (talk)19:12, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
