Hi everybody, Thank you Anne for mention "only one woman candidate for FDC this year", it was me. I would like to say something: not time, not money is issue for me (I am free lancer, meaning I can manage my time). My theory is that I didn't pass because I didn't answer questions in the way the community wanted.
I am not sure how many woman we have who are free to help, serve and travel. But, what I found discourage after mine failure is the oppose votes. One thing is to see how many Wikipedians voted for you, but it's not so pleasant to count oppose votes. I hope my words could help on why women aren't generally volunteering to run. Regards, Zana (user:Violetova) 2015-06-06 22:35 GMT+02:00 Risker <[email protected]>: > Expenses, including travel, lodging, conference fees (if applicable) and > the same per diem as staff receive (if food is not supplied) are paid for > Board-related activities. Other reasonable expenses are also covered, > although everyone is encouraged to take advantage of cost efficiencies > where possible (e.g., group taxis to the airport, using public transit > where possible). [As a side note, these same rules apply to the FDC, for > which there was only one woman candidate this year.] > > The bigger factor may be time, for both of these roles. The FDC is mostly > not that busy most of the year, but is hyperactive during the two 10-12 > week periods a year when they are considering proposals (From my > experience, a thorough review of the average proposal takes 10-15 hours > total. Multiply that by 6-8 in April/May and 12-18 in October/November, and > that is a LOT of volunteer time). Members of the Board of Trustees have > stepped down in the past because of the time commitment expectations > (including several full weekends a year, a retreat, attendance at > Wikimania, and participation in online/teleconference meetings). > > > Risker/Anne > > > On 6 June 2015 at 15:48, Carol Moore dc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 6/6/2015 3:15 PM, Pine W wrote: >> >>> >>> We had no new female candidates for board seats in the WMF election. For >>> affiliates, I know of at least two affiliates that also have male board >>> members saying that they/we would like to have more gender diversity on our >>> boards but women aren't generally volunteering to run. What could be done >>> to encourage more women to run for affiliate and WMF board seats? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Pine >>> >>> >>> Does the job description mention whether there's pay or at least free >> travel and hotel expenses for meetings? >> >> $ is often a big factor for women. >> >> CM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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