Wikimedia Foundation elections/Board elections/2011/Results/en

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The election ended 12 June 2011. No more votes will be accepted.
The results were announced on 17 June 2011.
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The 2011 Wikimedia Board Election Committee would like to announce the results of the 2011 Board Elections. The winners are Ting Chen (Wing), Samuel Klein (Sj) and Kat Walsh (mindspillage). These results were certified by the Board of Trustees. These positions will be effective until the middle of 2013.

  1. Ting Chen (Wing)
  2. Samuel Klein (Sj)
  3. Kat Walsh (mindspillage)
  4. Milos Rancic (Millosh)
  5. Lodewijk Gelauff (Effeietsanders)
  6. Claudi Balaguer (Capsot)
  7. Harel Cain (Harel)
  8. Jane S. Richardson (Dcrjsr)
  9. Patricio Lorente (Patricio.lorente)
  10. Joan Gomà (Gomà)
  11. James Forrester (Jdforrester)
  12. Ferdinando Scala (Ferdinando Scala)
  13. Gerard Meijssen (GerardM)
  14. Marc-André Pelletier (Coren)
  15. Esteban Zárate (Ezarate)
  16. William H. DuBay (Bdubay)
  17. Urs Wäfler (Urs.Waefler)
  18. Tom Morton (ErrantX)


Pairwise victory matrix[edit]

Is preferred to ↗ by TC SK KW MR LG CB HC JSR PL JG JF FSS GM MP EZ WHD UW TM
Ting Chen (Wing) (TC) 0 1010 1052 1132 1180 1229 1198 1222 1218 1231 1176 1226 1274 1289 1328 1352 1315 1345
Samuel Klein (Sj) (SK) 977 0 969 1068 1131 1153 1118 1187 1152 1148 1142 1207 1217 1239 1281 1262 1292 1310
Kat Walsh (mindspillage) (KW) 903 874 0 1022 1083 1122 1080 1056 1108 1154 1052 1142 1139 1158 1210 1202 1241 1219
Milos Rancic (Millosh) (MR) 846 817 887 0 943 946 885 990 950 945 969 984 1012 1059 1077 1083 1111 1099
Lodewijk Gelauff (Effeietsanders) (LG) 721 716 789 838 0 920 905 921 860 935 863 908 906 984 995 1036 1001 1015
Claudi Balaguer (Capsot) (CB) 811 837 887 799 888 0 875 886 869 760 911 883 937 932 930 953 983 983
Harel Cain (Harel) (HC) 704 645 743 783 785 842 0 861 784 800 831 867 915 912 960 943 972 985
Jane S. Richardson (Dcrjsr) (JSR) 716 705 728 786 860 830 818 0 838 843 853 849 907 909 910 876 935 957
Patricio Lorente (Patricio.lorente) (PL) 685 670 720 718 799 813 789 832 0 812 802 799 866 894 880 938 961 953
Joan Gomà (Gomà) (JG) 706 735 747 745 792 739 783 800 734 0 816 796 865 891 891 905 950 933
James Forrester (Jdforrester) (JF) 655 589 625 706 734 813 731 761 759 763 0 785 821 808 879 855 900 866
Ferdinando Scala (Ferdinando Scala) (FSS) 676 634 713 665 738 716 713 749 691 708 749 0 820 789 794 850 873 854
Gerard Meijssen (GerardM) (GM) 606 584 668 647 649 779 692 766 727 729 714 751 0 798 834 834 829 864
Marc-André Pelletier (Coren) (MP) 548 512 539 565 614 621 605 626 597 611 599 622 661 0 691 722 749 704
Esteban Zárate (Ezarate) (EZ) 478 486 526 466 555 530 508 574 447 482 562 521 590 590 0 656 637 654
William H. DuBay (Bdubay) (WHD) 482 478 512 485 558 558 533 482 553 521 548 517 628 601 603 0 646 628
Urs Wäfler (Urs.Waefler) (UW) 413 465 528 487 521 536 515 546 527 510 544 482 592 554 575 599 0 635
Tom Morton (ErrantX) (TM) 458 403 423 449 489 515 458 486 484 493 455 482 543 500 535 573 585 0

Path strength matrix[edit]

TC SK KW MR LG CB HC JSR PL JG JF FSS GM MP EZ WHD UW TM
Ting Chen (Wing) (TC) (1010, 977) (1052, 903) (1132, 846) (1180, 721) (1229, 811) (1198, 704) (1222, 716) (1218, 685) (1231, 706) (1176, 655) (1226, 676) (1274, 606) (1289, 548) (1328, 478) (1352, 482) (1315, 413) (1345, 458)
Samuel Klein (Sj) (SK) (0, 0) (969, 874) (1068, 817) (1131, 716) (1153, 837) (1118, 645) (1187, 705) (1152, 670) (1148, 735) (1142, 589) (1207, 634) (1217, 584) (1239, 512) (1281, 486) (1262, 478) (1292, 465) (1310, 403)
Kat Walsh (mindspillage) (KW) (0, 0) (0, 0) (1022, 887) (1083, 789) (1122, 887) (1080, 743) (1056, 728) (1108, 720) (1154, 747) (1052, 625) (1142, 713) (1139, 668) (1158, 539) (1210, 526) (1202, 512) (1241, 528) (1219, 423)
Milos Rancic (Millosh) (MR) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (943, 838) (946, 799) (905, 785) (990, 786) (950, 718) (945, 745) (969, 706) (984, 665) (1012, 647) (1059, 565) (1077, 466) (1083, 485) (1111, 487) (1099, 449)
Lodewijk Gelauff (Effeietsanders) (LG) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (920, 888) (905, 785) (921, 860) (869, 813) (935, 792) (911, 813) (908, 738) (920, 888) (984, 614) (995, 555) (1036, 558) (1001, 521) (1015, 489)
Claudi Balaguer (Capsot) (CB) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (875, 842) (886, 830) (869, 813) (843, 800) (911, 813) (883, 716) (937, 779) (932, 621) (930, 530) (953, 558) (983, 536) (983, 515)
Harel Cain (Harel) (HC) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (861, 818) (838, 832) (843, 800) (853, 761) (867, 713) (915, 692) (912, 605) (960, 508) (943, 533) (972, 515) (985, 458)
Jane S. Richardson (Dcrjsr) (JSR) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (789, 784) (838, 832) (843, 800) (853, 761) (849, 749) (907, 766) (909, 626) (910, 574) (876, 482) (935, 546) (957, 486)
Patricio Lorente (Patricio.lorente) (PL) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (789, 784) (789, 784) (812, 734) (812, 734) (799, 691) (866, 727) (894, 597) (880, 447) (938, 553) (961, 527) (953, 484)
Joan Gomà (Gomà) (JG) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (816, 763) (796, 708) (865, 729) (891, 611) (891, 482) (905, 521) (950, 510) (933, 493)
James Forrester (Jdforrester) (JF) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (785, 749) (821, 714) (808, 599) (879, 562) (855, 548) (900, 544) (866, 455)
Ferdinando Scala (Ferdinando Scala) (FSS) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (820, 751) (798, 661) (820, 751) (850, 517) (873, 482) (854, 482)
Gerard Meijssen (GerardM) (GM) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (798, 661) (834, 590) (834, 628) (829, 592) (864, 543)
Marc-André Pelletier (Coren) (MP) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (691, 590) (722, 601) (749, 554) (704, 500)
Esteban Zárate (Ezarate) (EZ) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (656, 603) (646, 599) (654, 535
William H. DuBay (Bdubay) (WHD) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (646, 599) (635, 585)
Urs Wäfler (Urs.Waefler) (UW) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (635, 585)
Tom Morton (ErrantX) (TM) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0) (0, 0)

The committee certifies that we believe this election was fairly executed and there is no cause to doubt the results.

In pairwise results, the top five pairs are:

Ting Chen vs Sam Klein: 1010/977
Sam Klein vs Kat Walsh: 969/874
Kat Walsh versus Milos Rancic: 1022/887
Milos Rancic to Lodewijk Gelauff: 943/838
Lodewijk Gelauff to Claudi Balaguer: 920/888

There were a total of 3495 votes cast, and 71 votes stricken. Of the number of votes cast a few are duplicates (when people vote more than once from the same account it is counted as a new vote, but not counted in the tally), so the real number of votes (including struck votes) is closer to 3368 (plus/minus a couple of votes that are both duplicate and struck).

In overall the preparations for the election went well and on schedule. There was good time for translations in the first round (everything except candidate statements), and translations-wise I believe we benefited from keeping as much as possible identical to the 2009 elections, so the load was smaller on the translators in this round. For the candidate statements we have got feedback from translators that there should have been more time (one-two weeks), which should be taken into account next time.

We would have benefited greatly from involving the technical side of the election sooner, things on that side were a bit last-minute (this is not Andrew's fault, he did the best he could all things considered). Maybe having a developer as a full-fledged member of the committee, as was the case in 2007 with Tim, would be the best solution.

Some of the errors made this year are reiterations of things that have happened before, and for this reason I would recommend making the Election Committee a permanent or rotating (e.g. half of the members are on it for two elections at a time, to have continuity in the member base) body.

Finally, Philippe's help in the election has been invaluable, and we would like to thank him very much for the effort he has put on.

Sincerely yours,

Jon Harald Søby

for the Election Committee