Call for Candidates - 2025 Board Elections

Submit your candidacy for 1st DCW Board by March 8, 2025!

28 February 2025, Communications and Outreach Team. Keywords: DCW Board Elections

This post is a draft and is subject to change without notice.

We are excited to publish our first call for appointing four community members (two males & two females) to the DCW Board, which has been idealised in our October 2024 - March 2025 activity plan. The last date to submit candidacy is 8 March 2025.

The Deoband Community Wikimedia (DCW) was established on 31 July 2021, and convened as a Wikimedia Foundation affiliate on 16 January 2022. Over the years, DCW has significantly contributed to the open knowledge ecosystem and gained a significant representation at several Wikimedia spaces. Our volunteers have had a presence at Wikimania Singapore, WikiConference India 2023, WikiWomenCamp 2023, and in 2024, we had a reserved seat at the Wikimedia Summit in Berlin.

Responsibility of the Board

Sustainability and growth of the DCW and its community has been demanding an executive board to oversee the decision-making processes. The Board will oversee the DCW and its work, as an ultimate authority. Its members are expected to be aware of Universal Code of Conduct, the Affiliate Structure, the aspects affecting the health of the DCW, and have knowledge of any current trends in the Wikimedia ecosystem, in order to contribute to the Movement Strategy Recommdendations. Among other responsibilities of the Board, is maintaining affiliate health, and approving any new initiatives at the Deoband Community Wikimedia.

Guidelines for Candidates

Candidates running for the DCW Board need to have a fair understanding of the Wikimedia ecosystem, and our vision statement. They should not be blocked on any Wikimedia projects, according to the established requirements. They should hold an undergraduate educational degree. In compliance with the procedural guidelines, the interested candidates need to submit their candidature to moderator

dcwwiki.org by 8 March 2025.

Review and Voting

The moderators will publish individual candidate pages for the wider community to aid the voting process, which will be securely held on SecurePoll, using the Single transferable voting method. The candidate pages will be accessible from DCW Board Elections/2025#Candidates once published. Voting will be conducted between 11 to 23 March 2025.