Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2007-06-11/Board elections
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Board candidacies open, elections planned
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| 2007 Board of Trustees elections A Wikipedia Signpost series |
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| June 11 | Candidacies open |
| June 18 | Election information |
| June 25 | Candidate interviews |
| July 2 | Elections open |
| July 9 | Elections closed |
| July 16 | Election results |
This week, the Signpost covers the opening of candidacies for the Board election.
Candidate entries for the Wikimedia Board of Trustees election opened on Sunday. At least three two-year seats will be filled in the election. At press time, two users had presented themselves as candidates.
Candidates are being accepted through 23:59 UTC on June 23, and voting will run for ten days, from June 28 through July 7. Many of the election's rules are still being discussed by the Board Election Steering Committee, a six-person panel (Kizu Naoko, Benjamin Mako Hill, Newyorkbrad, Philippe Beaudette, Jon Harald Søby, and Tim Starling) handling the election.
Incumbent board members, Erik Möller, Oscar van Dillen, and Kat Walsh have not yet stated whether they plan to run in this election. Möller was elected in a September 2006 election to replace Angela Beesley (see archived story); Walsh and van Dillen, who finished second and third, respectively, in that election, were appointed in a board expansion in December (see archived story).
This week, WarX and Michael Snow entered the race. These two users are the only users standing for election as of press time; last year, 17 candidates ran for just one open seat.
Multilingual editors are encouraged to consider translating various election notices, candidate presentations, and other pages into as many languages as possible.
Next week: The Signpost will examine the election rules and regulations, and cover the opening of endorsements.
Also this week: From the editor — Privacy report — Board elections — WikiWorld — News and notes — Features and admins — Technology — Arbitration
