Today's your last chance to vote for Wikibase Community User Group contacts, who represent the group to WMF and other affiliates, engage in partnerships, and file activity reports and statements of needs/concerns as described at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_user_groups/User_Group_Primary_Contact_Rights_%26_Expectations

The vote closes in under three hours. Candidates must receive at least weak support to be elected. Participation shows WMF and others that the group is active and its members are engaged in the process, so please make your views known at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/2021_contact_election/Voting#Candidates after reviewing the candidates' statements.

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Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry
https://GreenReaper.co.uk - https://WikiFur.com
From: Envel Le Hir <envel.le.hir@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2021 8:25:17 PM
To: Wikibase Community User Group <wikibaseug@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: [Wikibase] Re: Election of the official group contacts of the Wikibase Community User Group
 
Hello everyone,

The voting phase to elect the group contacts of the Wikibase Community User Group has started a few days ago.

You can vote until 2021-07-22 (17:00 UTC) on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/2021_contact_election/Voting

As there is only one candidate at the moment (and two positions), the self-nominating phase is extended until the end of the votes, so you can still run for the position.

Cheers,
Envel Le Hir

On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 3:39 PM Laurence Parry <greenreaper@hotmail.com> wrote:
A brief reminder: candidates for the election of group contacts must nominate themselves by 2021-07-08 (17:00 UTC) on 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikibase_Community_User_Group/2021_contact_election/Candidates in accordance with the guidelines there.

Questions about duration and succession have been raised, and your input would be welcome: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikibase_Community_User_Group/2021_contact_election

Why you should nominate and/or vote:

While several groups are engaged in Wikibase development, often backed by institutions with significant resources, the user group has filled a role in assisting individual end-users; and as an affiliate is uniquely empowered to represent them and their interests to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Additionally, while non-affiliated individuals may apply for grants in their own right, the WMF looks favourably on those which have been discussed and approved by relevant recognized affiliates, as long as they don't conflict with existing grants.

As such, it's important these positions are filled, so as to maintain the group's ability to participate in official WMF discussions and elections, send delegates to events, use Wikimedia's marks, and represent Wikibase users' interests. The selected contacts will file annual reports, and act on the group's behalf after consulting with members.

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Laurence "GreenReaper" Parry
https://GreenReaper.co.uk - https://WikiFur.com

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