Foundation elections
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Editor's note: voting is now open. We encourage all Wikimedians who meet the meagre requirements to read the information below, determine what issues matter most to you personally, and use this knowledge to vote for candidates aligned with your views. As we say later, these board members will be making significant decisions in the next two years that will critically affect the future of the Wikimedia movement.
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Three community-elected seats on the Board of Trustees—the ultimate governing authority of the Wikimedia Foundation—will be decided by Wikimedians in the election to be held 17–31 May. Voting will start 00:01 UTC on the Sunday after the publication of this edition, and will end at 23:59 on the Sunday two weeks and a day after. This comes after a two-week period of questions and discussion between candidates and community, 5–16 May.
The three seats are being contested by 21 candidates from around the world, listed below. All eligible Wikimedians are encouraged to vote in this significant event, which comes at a time when major decisions will need to be made concerning the future of the movement.
- Houcemeddine Turki (Csisc)
- Sailesh Patnaik (Saileshpat)
- Dariusz Jemielniak (pundit)
- Mohamed Ouda (Mohamed Ouda)
- Josh Lim (Sky Harbor)
- David Conway (Smerus)
- Francis Kaswahili Kaguna (Francis Kaswahili)
- Cristian Consonni (CristianCantoro)
- Peter Gallert (Pgallert)
- María Sefidari (Raystorm)
- Phoebe Ayers (phoebe)
- Denny Vrandečić (Denny)
- Ali Haidar Khan (Tonmoy) (Ali Haidar Khan)
- Nisar Ahmed Syed (అహ్మద్ నిసార్)
- James Heilman (Doc James)
- Tim Davenport (Carrite)
- Samuel Klein (Sj)
- Syed Muzammiluddin (Hindustanilanguage)
- Edward Saperia (EdSaperia)
- Mike Nicolaije (Taketa)
Pete Forsyth (Peteforsyth)(Editor's note: Pete Forsyth withdrew from the election on 16 May)