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No more votes will be accepted.</b><br/> The <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Results" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Results">results were announced</a> on 7 September 2021. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Pascale_Camus-Walter.jpg/250px-Pascale_Camus-Walter.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Pascale_Camus-Walter.jpg/375px-Pascale_Camus-Walter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Pascale_Camus-Walter.jpg/500px-Pascale_Camus-Walter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1821" data-file-height="1311"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Pascale_CAMUS-WALTER" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Pascale CAMUS-WALTER">Pascale Camus-Walter</a></b><br/></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Douglas_Ian_Scott" title="Douglas Ian Scott"><img alt="Douglas Ian Scott" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/WMCON18_By_Dyolf77_DSC_8077.jpg/271px-WMCON18_By_Dyolf77_DSC_8077.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/WMCON18_By_Dyolf77_DSC_8077.jpg/407px-WMCON18_By_Dyolf77_DSC_8077.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/WMCON18_By_Dyolf77_DSC_8077.jpg/543px-WMCON18_By_Dyolf77_DSC_8077.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4634" data-file-height="3076"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Douglas_Ian_Scott" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Douglas Ian Scott">Douglas Ian Scott</a></b><br/></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Farah_Jack_Mustaklem" title="Farah Jack Mustaklem"><img alt="Farah Jack Mustaklem" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/WMCON_2018_by_dyolf77_DSC_8209.jpg/271px-WMCON_2018_by_dyolf77_DSC_8209.jpg" decoding="async" width="181" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/WMCON_2018_by_dyolf77_DSC_8209.jpg/407px-WMCON_2018_by_dyolf77_DSC_8209.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/WMCON_2018_by_dyolf77_DSC_8209.jpg/543px-WMCON_2018_by_dyolf77_DSC_8209.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4634" data-file-height="3076"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Farah_Jack_Mustaklem" title="Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Farah Jack Mustaklem">Farah Jack Mustaklem</a></b><br/></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Gerard_Meijssen" title="Gerard Meijssen"><img alt="Gerard Meijssen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Gerard_Meijssen.jpg/270px-Gerard_Meijssen.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Gerard_Meijssen.jpg/405px-Gerard_Meijssen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Gerard_Meijssen.jpg/540px-Gerard_Meijssen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Gerard_Meijssen" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Gerard Meijssen">Gerard Meijssen</a></b><br/></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Pavan_Santhosh_Surampudi" title="Pavan Santhosh Surampudi"><img alt="Pavan Santhosh Surampudi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Pavan_during_MOC_2017_Edit_a_thon_%28cropped%29.jpg/272px-Pavan_during_MOC_2017_Edit_a_thon_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Pavan_during_MOC_2017_Edit_a_thon_%28cropped%29.jpg/408px-Pavan_during_MOC_2017_Edit_a_thon_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Pavan_during_MOC_2017_Edit_a_thon_%28cropped%29.jpg/544px-Pavan_during_MOC_2017_Edit_a_thon_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1798" data-file-height="1191"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Pavan_Santhosh_Surampudi" title="Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Pavan Santhosh Surampudi">Pavan Santhosh Surampudi</a></b><br/></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Ashwin_Baindur" title="Ashwin Baindur"><img alt="Ashwin Baindur" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ashwin_Baindur_-_Wikipedia_Academic_Presentation_-_Bhaskaracharya_Hall_-_Indian_Institute_of_Technology_-_Kharagpur_-_West_Midnapore_2015-01-24_4980.JPG/120px-Ashwin_Baindur_-_Wikipedia_Academic_Presentation_-_Bhaskaracharya_Hall_-_Indian_Institute_of_Technology_-_Kharagpur_-_West_Midnapore_2015-01-24_4980.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ashwin_Baindur_-_Wikipedia_Academic_Presentation_-_Bhaskaracharya_Hall_-_Indian_Institute_of_Technology_-_Kharagpur_-_West_Midnapore_2015-01-24_4980.JPG/179px-Ashwin_Baindur_-_Wikipedia_Academic_Presentation_-_Bhaskaracharya_Hall_-_Indian_Institute_of_Technology_-_Kharagpur_-_West_Midnapore_2015-01-24_4980.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Ashwin_Baindur_-_Wikipedia_Academic_Presentation_-_Bhaskaracharya_Hall_-_Indian_Institute_of_Technology_-_Kharagpur_-_West_Midnapore_2015-01-24_4980.JPG/239px-Ashwin_Baindur_-_Wikipedia_Academic_Presentation_-_Bhaskaracharya_Hall_-_Indian_Institute_of_Technology_-_Kharagpur_-_West_Midnapore_2015-01-24_4980.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6016"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Ashwin_Baindur" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation 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href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Lorenzo_Losa" title="Lorenzo Losa"><img alt="Lorenzo Losa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Lorenzo_Losa-2012-cropped.jpg/147px-Lorenzo_Losa-2012-cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="98" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Lorenzo_Losa-2012-cropped.jpg/220px-Lorenzo_Losa-2012-cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Lorenzo_Losa-2012-cropped.jpg/293px-Lorenzo_Losa-2012-cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1065" data-file-height="1306"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Lorenzo_Losa" title="Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Lorenzo Losa">Lorenzo Losa</a></b><br/></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 213.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Iv%C3%A1n_Mart%C3%ADnez.jpg/540px-Iv%C3%A1n_Mart%C3%ADnez.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5282" data-file-height="3521"/></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><b><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/Iv%C3%A1n_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Iván Martínez">Iván Martínez</a></b><br/></div> </li> </ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Skills" data-mw-thread-id="h-Skills"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Skills"></span>Skills<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Skills"></span></h2></div> <p>The Board of Trustees <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Approving_Trustee_Evaluation_Form" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Approving Trustee Evaluation Form">assessed the skills and experiences</a> they have. Candidates complete this skill evaluation on the Candidate Application. This is for informational purposes only. The hope is to have Trustees join the Board to fill in gaps in skills and experiences. The current Board of Trustees shared this information after assessing their skills: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Skill </th> <th>Desired skills </th> <th>Covered skills </th> <th>Covered skills by Trustees whose term ends in 2021 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Organizational strategy and management </td> <td>X </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Enterprise-level platform technology and/or product development </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Public policy and the law </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Social data science, big data analysis, and machine learning </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Contribution to the Wikimedia movement </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td>X </td></tr> <tr> <td>Global movement building and community organization </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td>X </td></tr> <tr> <td>Academia/GLAM/education </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td>X </td></tr> <tr> <td>Living or working to share knowledge in a repressive context </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td></tr> <tr> <td>Governing board service </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Finance and financial oversight </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Non-profit fundraising </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Board governance </td> <td> </td> <td>X </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Candidate_Questions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Candidate_Questions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Candidate_Questions"></span>Candidate Questions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Candidate_Questions"></span></h2></div> <p>The community <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Apply_to_be_a_Candidate#Community_Questions_for_Candidates" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Apply to be a Candidate">asked questions during the nomination period</a>. <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ%26A" title="Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/CandidateQ&A">The Election Committee selected 11 questions for candidates to answer</a>. 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