Resolution:Call for Candidates for 2021 Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees

Resolution:Call for Candidates for 2021 Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees

This resolution was approved on June 1, 2021.

Whereas, the Board of Trustees has approved a selection process for the 2021 round of selecting Community and Affiliate-selected Trustees;

Whereas, in line with the approved timeline, the Elections Committee and Foundation staff have been planning the details of the selection process; and

Whereas, the Elections Committee has requested a modification to the timeline to accommodate the implementation of single transferable vote in the SecurePoll extension;

Now, therefore, it is:

RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the call for candidates for the 2021 selection process for Community- and Affiliate-selected Trustees; and

RESOLVED, that the Board approves a revised timeline for the selection process:

June 9 - 29: Call for candidates
June 30 - July 2: Announcement of confirmed candidates
July 7 - August 3: Candidates campaign and answer questions
August 4 - 17: Voting
August 18 - 24: Vote counting and processing
August 25: Announcement of vote results
August 25 - 31: Foundation vetting of selected candidates
September: Board appoints selected candidates

Approve: María Sefidari (Chair), Nataliia Tymkiv (Vice Chair), Esra'a Al Shafei, Tanya Capuano, Shani Evenstein Sigalov, James Heilman, Dariusz Jemielniak, Lisa Lewin, Raju Narisetti, Jimmy Wales

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