Dear all,
On behalf of the election facilitators I would like to let you know the results of the Affiliate Selected Board Seats election.
The candidates who won the election are Patricio Lorente and Frieda Brioschi, and therefore the movement affiliates recommend the Board appoints them.
There were 27 votes cast by movement affiliates, and the results at each stage of the count (under the STV system) were as follows.
STEP 1 Votes: Sums: Patricio Lorente (15.50); Alice Wiegand (5.50); Frieda Brioschi(5.00); Anders Wennersten (1.00) Patricio wins.
STEP 2 Votes: Sums: Frieda (8.73); Alice (6.74); Anders (1.53) Anders loses.
STEP 3 Votes: Sums: Frieda (9.26); Alice (7.74) Alice loses.
STEP 4 Votes: Sums: Frieda (17.00) Frieda wins.
The 0.5 votes in the first round occur because some affiliates put two candidates as 1st preference: this was treated as a half-vote for each candidate.
The election result was counted independently by two of the facilitators, one using a script and the other using pen-and-paper, to verify one anothers' results.
Do let us know if you have any further questions regarding the process.
I would like to thank all the candidates and everyone who participated in the selection process, and particularly Alice Wiegand for her two years of service on the WMF Board.
Regards,
Chris
on behalf of James Hare, Lorenzo Losa and Chris Keating, election facilitators