Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:31 +0100 From: Arne Klempert klemp...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: fa490a311003100449g3c4c2055na69909e4c74e...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: it is a pleasure to announce that the chapters committee has received more than enough applications to fill its vacancies, and that five new members have been added to the committee. You can find the current membership, as usual, on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee Great! I am happy to see fresh perspectives on this important committee. Thanks to all those who volunteered for serving on the chapters committee and congrats to those who were chosen: Jeromy-Yu, Bence, Vladimir, Sebastian and Ray. Keep up the good work. There are still some countries left not having a chapter yet ;-) Arne -- Arne Klempert Member of the Board of Trustees aklemp...@wikimedia.org Thx Arne and all who welcomed and congratulated me in any means I'll try my best to help around, especially for the Asian Group if any Asian Chapters-wannabe have any problems, plz do not hesitate to find me :p Jerry~雨雨 Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan, ARAD User:Yuyu | zh.wikipedia | Wikimedia HK ChapCom, WMF | ComCom, WMF Blogger | http://jeromyu.wordpress.com MSN: jeromyuc...@msn.com also Jeromyu on twitter, plurk and most of places Tel (Mobile): +852 9279 1601 Laudamus quae laudentur Qui mollis et dissolutus est in opere suo frater est sua opera dissipantis Non clamatis hostilia, numquam esse vos accusatoribus ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
Dear all, it is a pleasure to announce that the chapters committee has received more than enough applications to fill its vacancies, and that five new members have been added to the committee. You can find the current membership, as usual, on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee With kind regards, Lodewijk 2010/2/17 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org This is a reminder. The deadline for applications is on February 22 (in about 1 week). Please forward this call to people you might think to be interested and might make a good candidate. Kind regards, Lodewijk = Dear all, As some of you will know, the Chapters Committee [1] is a Wikimedia Foundation board-appointed committee that is mainly responsible for the preparation of approval of new chapters. Currently, there are six members in the committee, and we are asking for candidates to increase the membership again. The chapters committee mainly reviews applications for the forming of a chapter on legibility and viability and reviews the bylaws of the organization. This requires communication with chapter candidates all over the world. Sometimes are applications straight forward and is the job mainly about reviewing the bylaws and ensuring stability in the long term that way, sometimes it involves more complex conversations about whether there are for example enough people involved in the candidate chapter. At the end of the process, the committee advices the board of the WMF on the decision to approve the chapter or not. The board makes the formal decision, but usually follows the advice. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in new members, are typically: * willing to work in a sometimes bureaucratic process (reviewing bylaws is boring) * 1-2 hour per week (on average) available * internationally oriented * Good communication skills in English * Communication skills in other major world languages are a plus * able to work and communicate with other cultures * a strong understanding of the structure and work of both chapters and the WMF * experience with or in an active chapter * an active position in a chapter is a plus The number of applications is increasing and help is wanted! You can send your applications with your name, contact data, experience and motivation to the ChapCom email address, chaptercommittee-l AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org before February 22. The applications will be considered by the current members (in cooperation with the WMF) and the proposal for the new membership will be reviewed by the Board before acceptence. I hope for many suitable applications. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me privately. With kind regards, Lodewijk Gelauff Member, Chapters Committee [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: it is a pleasure to announce that the chapters committee has received more than enough applications to fill its vacancies, and that five new members have been added to the committee. You can find the current membership, as usual, on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee Great! I am happy to see fresh perspectives on this important committee. Thanks to all those who volunteered for serving on the chapters committee and congrats to those who were chosen: Jeromy-Yu, Bence, Vladimir, Sebastian and Ray. Keep up the good work. There are still some countries left not having a chapter yet ;-) Arne -- Arne Klempert Member of the Board of Trustees aklemp...@wikimedia.org ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
This is a reminder. The deadline for applications is on February 22 (in about 1 week). Please forward this call to people you might think to be interested and might make a good candidate. Kind regards, Lodewijk = Dear all, As some of you will know, the Chapters Committee [1] is a Wikimedia Foundation board-appointed committee that is mainly responsible for the preparation of approval of new chapters. Currently, there are six members in the committee, and we are asking for candidates to increase the membership again. The chapters committee mainly reviews applications for the forming of a chapter on legibility and viability and reviews the bylaws of the organization. This requires communication with chapter candidates all over the world. Sometimes are applications straight forward and is the job mainly about reviewing the bylaws and ensuring stability in the long term that way, sometimes it involves more complex conversations about whether there are for example enough people involved in the candidate chapter. At the end of the process, the committee advices the board of the WMF on the decision to approve the chapter or not. The board makes the formal decision, but usually follows the advice. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in new members, are typically: * willing to work in a sometimes bureaucratic process (reviewing bylaws is boring) * 1-2 hour per week (on average) available * internationally oriented * Good communication skills in English * Communication skills in other major world languages are a plus * able to work and communicate with other cultures * a strong understanding of the structure and work of both chapters and the WMF * experience with or in an active chapter * an active position in a chapter is a plus The number of applications is increasing and help is wanted! You can send your applications with your name, contact data, experience and motivation to the ChapCom email address, chaptercommittee-l AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org before February 22. The applications will be considered by the current members (in cooperation with the WMF) and the proposal for the new membership will be reviewed by the Board before acceptence. I hope for many suitable applications. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me privately. With kind regards, Lodewijk Gelauff Member, Chapters Committee [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
As a clarification, since there seems to be a miscommunication, where the text states is a pre, please read is a plus and *NOT* is a pre-requisite. This is considered a non-obligatory advantage. Of course it speaks for itself that languages not covered yet are a bigger plus than languages covered. Please state so if you do speak those languages, but don't worry too much about them in your consideration. I'm sorry for the confusion. With kind regards, Lodewijk 2010/2/2 Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org Dear all, As some of you will know, the Chapters Committee [1] is a Wikimedia Foundation board-appointed committee that is mainly responsible for the preparation of approval of new chapters. Currently, there are six members in the committee, and we are asking for candidates to increase the membership again. The chapters committee mainly reviews applications for the forming of a chapter on legibility and viability and reviews the bylaws of the organization. This requires communication with chapter candidates all over the world. Sometimes are applications straight forward and is the job mainly about reviewing the bylaws and ensuring stability in the long term that way, sometimes it involves more complex conversations about whether there are for example enough people involved in the candidate chapter. At the end of the process, the committee advices the board of the WMF on the decision to approve the chapter or not. The board makes the formal decision, but usually follows the advice. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in new members, are typically: * willing to work in a sometimes bureaucratic process (reviewing bylaws is boring) * 1-2 hour per week (on average) available * internationally oriented * Good communication skills in English * Communication skills in other major world languages are a pre * able to work and communicate with other cultures * a strong understanding of the structure and work of both chapters and the WMF * experience with or in an active chapter * an active position in a chapter is a pre The number of applications is increasing and help is wanted! You can send your applications with your name, contact data, experience and motivation to the ChapCom email address, chaptercommittee-l AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org before February 22. The applications will be considered by the current members (in cooperation with the WMF) and the proposal for the new membership will be reviewed by the Board before acceptence. I hope for many suitable applications. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me privately. With kind regards, Lodewijk Gelauff Member, Chapters Committee [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
[Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
Dear all, As some of you will know, the Chapters Committee [1] is a Wikimedia Foundation board-appointed committee that is mainly responsible for the preparation of approval of new chapters. Currently, there are six members in the committee, and we are asking for candidates to increase the membership again. The chapters committee mainly reviews applications for the forming of a chapter on legibility and viability and reviews the bylaws of the organization. This requires communication with chapter candidates all over the world. Sometimes are applications straight forward and is the job mainly about reviewing the bylaws and ensuring stability in the long term that way, sometimes it involves more complex conversations about whether there are for example enough people involved in the candidate chapter. At the end of the process, the committee advices the board of the WMF on the decision to approve the chapter or not. The board makes the formal decision, but usually follows the advice. Key skills/experience that we are looking for in new members, are typically: * willing to work in a sometimes bureaucratic process (reviewing bylaws is boring) * 1-2 hour per week (on average) available * internationally oriented * Good communication skills in English * Communication skills in other major world languages are a pre * able to work and communicate with other cultures * a strong understanding of the structure and work of both chapters and the WMF * experience with or in an active chapter * an active position in a chapter is a pre The number of applications is increasing and help is wanted! You can send your applications with your name, contact data, experience and motivation to the ChapCom email address, chaptercommittee-l AT lists DOT wikimedia DOT org before February 22. The applications will be considered by the current members (in cooperation with the WMF) and the proposal for the new membership will be reviewed by the Board before acceptence. I hope for many suitable applications. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me privately. With kind regards, Lodewijk Gelauff Member, Chapters Committee [1]: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_committee ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters Committee - Call for Candidates
Just to add my personal wish: I would like to see inside of the ChapCom members who are coming from a culturally/ethnically diverse areas (or members with significant experience in those areas). For example, India, Russia (out of monoethnic areas, but including Moscow), Middle East, Indochina, Indonesia, multiethnic African and European countries and similar. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
