Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Andrew Green]

Interesting to note Arnnon's role in the Silicon Valley anti-poaching 
affair: 
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/27/2753701/no-poach-scandal-unredacted-steve-jobs-eric-schmidt-paul-otellini


- Andrew

On 06/01/16 04:39 PM, Florence Devouard wrote:
Kelly and Aronnon, I will be happy to meet you in meat space at 
Wikimania in Italy next summer.


In a context where Stu is leaving the board, Kelly expertise will 
indeed reveal very precious. I am well aware a veteran financial 
expertise is one critical and difficult to find. I doubt not Stu 
waited till his replacement was identified before leaving ;)
Obviously as well, only a US citizen should take in that position and 
being located nearby the WMF also appears to me to be an asset. I 
appreciate Kelly is a woman as well.
I would suggest changing the profile picture though, otherwise the 
fundraising team might hire you to be Jimbo staring eyes replacement.


I am tempted to say that the board is being wise in adding Aronnon, an 
expert in "growing healthy cultures and organizations, leading 
innovative practices to identify, attract, and retain great people". 
Much needed at WMF if rumors are correct.


So, very warm welcome to both of you.


This said, with all due respect, I am also very *disapointed* by the 
lack of diversity on the current board.
Too much white. Too much tech. Too much California. Too much Big 
Companies related.


That sucks.


Anthere



Le 06/01/16 02:01, Dariusz Jemielniak a écrit :

Dear all,

As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am 
happy
to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly 
Battles

and Arnnon Geshuri.

Kelly and Arnnon bring deep expertise in strategy and financial 
oversight,
and diversity and organizational development, and a passionate 
commitment

to advancing Wikimedia’s vision for the world. You can learn more about
them in the blog post here:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/,
and their biographies have been added to the Board of Trustees page, 
here

https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees.

Over the past several weeks, the Board considered many qualified 
candidates

from around the globe. We were looking for people with experience in
strategic and organizational development to help guide the Wikimedia
Foundation’s future. We were also looking for people with a sense of
empathy and cultural awareness, who would value and strengthen the 
unique

culture of our diverse, global movement.

We are excited to announce that with Kelly and Arnnon, we have found
exceptional new Trustees who have these qualities, as well as many more.
They were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two 
years.
We look forward to working with them on the Board and toward our 
mission.


Please join me in welcoming them.

Dariusz



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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Craig Franklin]

Congratulations from me as well to both Kelly and Arnnon.  I wonder if
they'll take the plunge and subscribe here? =)

But without in any way questioning their good faith, dedication and fitness
for the job (and it is good to see another female appointed), I have to say
that I also feel this is a missed opportunity for the WMF.  It is not like
the "white American with a background in the tech sector" is a particularly
under-represented group in our movement.  I believe it will be difficult
for the WMF to realise it's ambitious goals in operating in developing
countries with its current mix of trustees, most of whom are either from
continental Europe or the United States.

Cheers,
Craig



On 6 January 2016 at 12:09, Liam Wyatt  wrote:

> Congratulations to Kelly and Arnon in joining the wikiverse at this crucial
> time in our movement's existence. I hope their expertise - respectively in
> Finance and HR - will be able to be put to good use!
>
> However, I do have a concern about diversity...
> Both of these appointees are white Americans from Iowa/Kansas with
> top-pedigree Silicon Valley resumes.
>
> I note that one of the other appointed WMF-board seats is currently also
> occupied by Guy, also Silicon Valley, and one of the recently elected
> community seats is occupied by Denny, who is a manager at Google. They all
> live and work in the same field and within commuting distance to the WMF
> office.
>
> I've always believed that Wikimedia is an education charity that happens to
> exist exists in a technology field. I often note in presentations that I
> give that the Wikimedia vision statement does NOT use the words, Internet,
> or Wiki, or Encyclopedia. But these appointments indicate the Board and WMF
> Executive believe Wikimedia is a technology charity that happens to exists
> in the education field.
>
> These appointments will make a crucial difference to how the new WMF
> strategic direction will go - and clearly the leadership is wanting to make
> us act more like a Californian dot-com and less like a global education
> charity. Less "community consensus building" and more "move fast and break
> things" - is the message I am reading here.
>
> Can the board please address how it accounts for the geographical
> proximity and professional-background similarity between three of the four
> Board-appointed seats? And, whether you would define the WMF as a "tech
> organisation"?
>
> - Liam / Wittylama
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive)]

Congratulations Kelly and Arnnon!


-Hasive
WMBD

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Fæ  wrote:

> I was amused to read the official announcement, which paints the two
> new appointed white American trustees who "happen" to live and work
> within an easy commute to the WMF offices in California, as a win for
> diversity and internationalism.[1]
>
> No, WMF, these were cosy personal network appointments that make the
> WMF look like a typical "old boys club" with a focus on money, power,
> growth and do nothing to gain community confidence that your board is
> going to turn around its strategy into something meaningful and
> effective for our open knowledge mission over the next two years.
>
> In line with Anthony Cole's comment, the majority of the board should
> declare a conflict and opt out of any vote that touches on Google,
> Wikidata etc. but of course the on-going complacent group think will
> apply.
>
> 1. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/
>
> Fae
>
> On 6 January 2016 at 07:52, Anthony Cole  wrote:
> > This is all fascinating and concerning. Most concerning to me is the
> > presence on the board of someone actually on Google's payroll right now.
> > How can Denny not be fatally conflicted in all - or most - board
> > deliberations that involve broad strategy - especially but not only to do
> > with WikiData?
> >
> > Anthony Cole
> > I'm on the board of Wiki Project Med Foundation.
> >
> > Anthony Cole
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Legoktm 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On 01/05/2016 08:01 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> >> > I note we now have on the board:
> >> >
> >> > * Jimmy Wales, who has served as a member of Google's "Advisory
> Council"
> >> > * Denny Vrandecic, who is a Google employee
> >> > * Guy Kawasaki, who has served as special advisor to the CEO of the
> >> > Motorola business unit of Google
> >> > * Kelly Battles of Bracket Computing, which partners with Google Cloud
> >> > Platform
> >> > * Arnnon Geshuri, who served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at
> >> Google
> >> >
> >> > Did I miss anyone?
> >>
> >> I think you missed all the board members who have Google set as their
> >> browser's default search engine instead of using DuckDuckGo[1].
> >>
> >> But really, I think you should be paying attention to Facebook. We are
> >> reliant upon HHVM to run MediaWiki, which is developed by them, as well
> >> as Phabricator for bug tracking, which was originally developed by them.
> >> Furthermore, our current hardware officer[2] is a Facebook employee.
> >>
> >> [1] https://duckduckgo.com/
> >> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_Officer
> >>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Adam Wight]

Dear Board,

I'm deeply grateful that the past, current and new members of the Board
have dedicated the 10 hours/week and more to our cause, and both as people
and Board functionaries I wish them the best and much success in their
lives.

However, the Board as an entity which has energetically lost the trust of
both its own staff and that of the broader community who cares about such
issues does, in my opinion, owe us all a better backstory for these latest
appointees.  I would love to hear more about the humanist and visionary
bubbles left in their wake, for example a loving and vibrant workplace
environment crafted by Arnnon, a scheme to charge no tuition at the
Montessori school devised by Kelly...  I do believe that these stories must
lay deeper beneath the surface of these two, who appear from their CVs to
be rich, likeable personalities with impeccable, traditional business
management skills.  The Board owes it to Kelly and Arnnon, if no one else,
to set them up for success by sharing the mission-aligned personal history
which makes them desirable appointments to our unique organization.

Perhaps you could request new Board members to write a personal statment,
of their vision and the goals they intend to pursue during their time on
the Board.

Warmly,
Adam Wight
Fundraising Tech "the sheepdog" Lead
Wikimedia Foundation
User:Adamw

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy
> to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles
> and Arnnon Geshuri.
>
> Kelly and Arnnon bring deep expertise in strategy and financial oversight,
> and diversity and organizational development, and a passionate commitment
> to advancing Wikimedia’s vision for the world. You can learn more about
> them in the blog post here:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/,
> and their biographies have been added to the Board of Trustees page, here
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees.
>
> Over the past several weeks, the Board considered many qualified candidates
> from around the globe. We were looking for people with experience in
> strategic and organizational development to help guide the Wikimedia
> Foundation’s future. We were also looking for people with a sense of
> empathy and cultural awareness, who would value and strengthen the unique
> culture of our diverse, global movement.
>
> We are excited to announce that with Kelly and Arnnon, we have found
> exceptional new Trustees who have these qualities, as well as many more.
> They were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two years.
> We look forward to working with them on the Board and toward our mission.
>
> Please join me in welcoming them.
>
> Dariusz
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Pierre-Selim]

2016-01-06 8:52 GMT+01:00 Anthony Cole :

> This is all fascinating and concerning. Most concerning to me is the
> presence on the board of someone actually on Google's payroll right now.
> How can Denny not be fatally conflicted in all - or most - board
> deliberations that involve broad strategy - especially but not only to do
> with WikiData?
>

Are you suggesting the removal of another communitee selected board member ?
Just checking :)


>
> Anthony Cole
> I'm on the board of Wiki Project Med Foundation.
>
> Anthony Cole
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Legoktm 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 01/05/2016 08:01 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> > > I note we now have on the board:
> > >
> > > * Jimmy Wales, who has served as a member of Google's "Advisory
> Council"
> > > * Denny Vrandecic, who is a Google employee
> > > * Guy Kawasaki, who has served as special advisor to the CEO of the
> > > Motorola business unit of Google
> > > * Kelly Battles of Bracket Computing, which partners with Google Cloud
> > > Platform
> > > * Arnnon Geshuri, who served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at
> > Google
> > >
> > > Did I miss anyone?
> >
> > I think you missed all the board members who have Google set as their
> > browser's default search engine instead of using DuckDuckGo[1].
> >
> > But really, I think you should be paying attention to Facebook. We are
> > reliant upon HHVM to run MediaWiki, which is developed by them, as well
> > as Phabricator for bug tracking, which was originally developed by them.
> > Furthermore, our current hardware officer[2] is a Facebook employee.
> >
> > [1] https://duckduckgo.com/
> > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_Officer
> >
> > -- Legoktm
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Andrew Gray]

On 6 January 2016 at 02:09, Liam Wyatt  wrote:

> I've always believed that Wikimedia is an education charity that happens to
> exist exists in a technology field. I often note in presentations that I
> give that the Wikimedia vision statement does NOT use the words, Internet,
> or Wiki, or Encyclopedia. But these appointments indicate the Board and WMF
> Executive believe Wikimedia is a technology charity that happens to exists
> in the education field.
>
> These appointments will make a crucial difference to how the new WMF
> strategic direction will go - and clearly the leadership is wanting to make
> us act more like a Californian dot-com and less like a global education
> charity. Less "community consensus building" and more "move fast and break
> things" - is the message I am reading here.

I would like to very much second Liam's concerns here. This feels like
we're drifting further into the bubble of SF technology companies, and
frankly the world needs less of that not more. I think it's valuable
that we have some board members with experience from outside the
Wikimedia bubble - but also very important that we try to avoid too
large a proportion of the board coming from within the SF technology
bubble. This feels like a step sideways in that regard, and it's
unsettling.

(I also agree with his concerns about diversity, but we're not always
great at solving that through the elected seats either, to be fair...)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Tito Dutta]

Congrats friends. I hope you will do a lot of good works for the Wikimedia
movement. :)

On 6 January 2016 at 18:09, WereSpielChequers 
wrote:

> Dear Anthony,
>
> The community elected Denny knowing that he worked at Google
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_elections/2015/Candidates#Denny_Vrande.C4.8Di.C4.87_.28Denny.29
> >
> .
>
> If this was an additional conflict of interest taken on after his election
> then things might be different, but this looks to me something better
> resolved by declaring the interest and recusing from relevant votes and
> discussions.
>
> I'm not entirely happy with the current board and especially the loss of
> Doc James. Unless I've missed it neither the GLAM nor Medical sectors now
> have an advocate on the board, but removing an elected board member for a
> conflict of interest that was declared in his election statement would not
> make sense to me.
>
> There is a wider issue that we also have people who have previously been
> connected to various other organisations whose strategies might impinge on
> ours. Do we or should we have some sort of break requirement such
> as requiring directors to recuse from decisions involving recent former
> employers?
>
>
> 
>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> > Pierre-Selim asked: "Are you suggesting the removal of another communitee
> > selected board member?"
> >
> > I'm sure Denny would make a fine adviser. But having a voting board
> member
> > who is paid by Google, who in turn is almost the (and would like to be
> the)
> > monopoly commercial vendor of knowledge to the world, strikes me as
> wrong.
> > That's much too close an embrace.
> >
> >
> > Anthony Cole
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[WereSpielChequers]

Dear Anthony,

The community elected Denny knowing that he worked at Google

.

If this was an additional conflict of interest taken on after his election
then things might be different, but this looks to me something better
resolved by declaring the interest and recusing from relevant votes and
discussions.

I'm not entirely happy with the current board and especially the loss of
Doc James. Unless I've missed it neither the GLAM nor Medical sectors now
have an advocate on the board, but removing an elected board member for a
conflict of interest that was declared in his election statement would not
make sense to me.

There is a wider issue that we also have people who have previously been
connected to various other organisations whose strategies might impinge on
ours. Do we or should we have some sort of break requirement such
as requiring directors to recuse from decisions involving recent former
employers?




> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Pierre-Selim asked: "Are you suggesting the removal of another communitee
> selected board member?"
>
> I'm sure Denny would make a fine adviser. But having a voting board member
> who is paid by Google, who in turn is almost the (and would like to be the)
> monopoly commercial vendor of knowledge to the world, strikes me as wrong.
> That's much too close an embrace.
>
>
> Anthony Cole
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Andrew Gray]

On 6 January 2016 at 07:52, Anthony Cole  wrote:
> This is all fascinating and concerning. Most concerning to me is the
> presence on the board of someone actually on Google's payroll right now.
> How can Denny not be fatally conflicted in all - or most - board
> deliberations that involve broad strategy - especially but not only to do
> with WikiData?

Given Denny's long history with Wikimedia and his role in Wikidata, I
would be more concerned about influence working the other way around
;-)

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Anthony Cole]

Is Denny recusing from all discussions and decisions that might affect
Google, broadly construed, including decisions involving WikiData?

I'm glad to see two people with Kelly's and Arnnon's expertise on the
board.

Anthony Cole


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Gray 
wrote:

> On 6 January 2016 at 07:52, Anthony Cole  wrote:
> > This is all fascinating and concerning. Most concerning to me is the
> > presence on the board of someone actually on Google's payroll right now.
> > How can Denny not be fatally conflicted in all - or most - board
> > deliberations that involve broad strategy - especially but not only to do
> > with WikiData?
>
> Given Denny's long history with Wikimedia and his role in Wikidata, I
> would be more concerned about influence working the other way around
> ;-)
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Steinsplitter Wiki]

Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri are Volunteers? 

I am not able to find the volunteer  account of both.

With best regards,
Steinsplitter


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> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 15:55:14 +0100
> To: dar...@alk.edu.pl; wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees
> 
> 2016-01-06 2:01 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl>:
> > As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy
> > to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles
> > and Arnnon Geshuri.
> 
> I realize that my previous email was not the best welcome.
> 
> Welcome Kelly and Arnnon to the vibrant (very very very vibrant,
> probably beyond the "flammable" line) Wikimedia world.
> 
> C
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Cristian Consonni]

2016-01-06 2:01 GMT+01:00 Dariusz Jemielniak :
> As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy
> to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles
> and Arnnon Geshuri.

I realize that my previous email was not the best welcome.

Welcome Kelly and Arnnon to the vibrant (very very very vibrant,
probably beyond the "flammable" line) Wikimedia world.

C

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Steinsplitter Wiki]

I asked if and Arnnon Geshuri are Volunteers. Because there is nothing in the 
bio like "editor since 2011" for example.

Maybe both have disclosed his volunteer account, i don't know. Therefore i ask.


Calling a simple question "attempted outing" is ridiculous.

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> On 06/01/2016 16:02, Steinsplitter Wiki wrote:
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> > Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri are Volunteers?
> >
> > I am not able to find the volunteer  account of both.
> 
> Since when is (attempted) outing okay because the people involved are 
> trustees?
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Andy Mabbett]

On 6 January 2016 at 16:02, Steinsplitter Wiki
 wrote:

> Kelly Battles and Arnnon Geshuri are Volunteers?

Unless we''ve started paying WMF board members, then of course they are.

> I am not able to find the volunteer  account of both

Not every volunteer who contributes to our mission has an account; nor
are they required to.

Some edit anonymously (i.e. without logging in), and some help to run
events, or contribute in other ways, but don't edit.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Florence Devouard]

Kelly and Aronnon, I will be happy to meet you in meat space at 
Wikimania in Italy next summer.


In a context where Stu is leaving the board, Kelly expertise will indeed 
reveal very precious. I am well aware a veteran financial expertise is 
one critical and difficult to find. I doubt not Stu waited till his 
replacement was identified before leaving ;)
Obviously as well, only a US citizen should take in that position and 
being located nearby the WMF also appears to me to be an asset. I 
appreciate Kelly is a woman as well.
I would suggest changing the profile picture though, otherwise the 
fundraising team might hire you to be Jimbo staring eyes replacement.


I am tempted to say that the board is being wise in adding Aronnon, an 
expert in "growing healthy cultures and organizations, leading 
innovative practices to identify, attract, and retain great people". 
Much needed at WMF if rumors are correct.


So, very warm welcome to both of you.


This said, with all due respect, I am also very *disapointed* by the 
lack of diversity on the current board.
Too much white. Too much tech. Too much California. Too much Big 
Companies related.


That sucks.


Anthere



Le 06/01/16 02:01, Dariusz Jemielniak a écrit :

Dear all,

As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy
to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles
and Arnnon Geshuri.

Kelly and Arnnon bring deep expertise in strategy and financial oversight,
and diversity and organizational development, and a passionate commitment
to advancing Wikimedia’s vision for the world. You can learn more about
them in the blog post here:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/,
and their biographies have been added to the Board of Trustees page, here
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees.

Over the past several weeks, the Board considered many qualified candidates
from around the globe. We were looking for people with experience in
strategic and organizational development to help guide the Wikimedia
Foundation’s future. We were also looking for people with a sense of
empathy and cultural awareness, who would value and strengthen the unique
culture of our diverse, global movement.

We are excited to announce that with Kelly and Arnnon, we have found
exceptional new Trustees who have these qualities, as well as many more.
They were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two years.
We look forward to working with them on the Board and toward our mission.

Please join me in welcoming them.

Dariusz
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Sam Klein]

Kelly and Arnnon, good to meet you!  This is an exciting time to join the
movement; your experience and insight will be welcome.
I hope you have a chance to share public thoughts from time to time.

Anthere:
> I appreciate Kelly is a woman as well. I would suggest changing the
profile picture though, otherwise the fundraising team might hire you to be
Jimbo staring eyes replacement.

Now would that be so bad?

But yes, the board is missing a certain breadth of social, regional, and
other perspective.
We should think about ways to provide that perspective in addition to /
more flexible than choosing a couple of trustees each year.

Lodewijk:
> And, whether you would define the WMF as a "tech organisation"?

That's a fair question, even though the bulk of the staff do technical work
of some sort.   There are all-developer organizations that think of
themselves as a 'design' or 'entertainment' or 'political' organization,
where tech is just one of the powerful tools in their belt.  And WMF has at
times presented its role as roughly 'tech' + 'community' – facilitating,
rather than directly realizing, the mission... and despite that feeling of
uniqueness, similar efforts could support almost any mission.

Whether this is the best division of labor for a centralized org, I don't
know; Wikimedians have tried other options in different regions, so there
are many examples to learn from.

Sam
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Andreas Kolbe]

I note we now have on the board:

* Jimmy Wales, who has served as a member of Google's "Advisory Council"
* Denny Vrandecic, who is a Google employee
* Guy Kawasaki, who has served as special advisor to the CEO of the
Motorola business unit of Google
* Kelly Battles of Bracket Computing, which partners with Google Cloud
Platform
* Arnnon Geshuri, who served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at Google

Did I miss anyone?

The Foundation is also acquiring something of a Tesla connection.

Boryana Dineva, the Wikimedia Foundation VP of Human Resources, was
previously Head of HR Systems, HR Operations & Data Analytics at Tesla
Motors. Arnnon Geshuri currently serves as VP of Human Resources at Tesla.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Google are linked through Google's $900 million
investment in Musk's SpaceX,[1] and Google's $280 million investment in
Musk's SolarCity.[2]

The Wikimedia Foundation's top decision-making body is now run by
corporates, while James Heilman has been turfed out.

And it seems that Bill Beutler's crystal ball was in good working order
when he prophesied that Google would begin to play a bigger role in
Wikimedia development in 2016.[3]

I expect further developments will bear him out.


[1]
http://venturebeat.com/2015/02/10/google-confirms-it-put-900m-into-spacexs-1b-round/
[2] http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/14/technology/google_solarcity/index.htm
[3] http://www.beutlerink.com/blog/ten-predictions-for-wikipedia-in-2016/


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:09 AM, Liam Wyatt  wrote:

> Congratulations to Kelly and Arnon in joining the wikiverse at this crucial
> time in our movement's existence. I hope their expertise - respectively in
> Finance and HR - will be able to be put to good use!
>
> However, I do have a concern about diversity...
> Both of these appointees are white Americans from Iowa/Kansas with
> top-pedigree Silicon Valley resumes.
>
> I note that one of the other appointed WMF-board seats is currently also
> occupied by Guy, also Silicon Valley, and one of the recently elected
> community seats is occupied by Denny, who is a manager at Google. They all
> live and work in the same field and within commuting distance to the WMF
> office.
>
> I've always believed that Wikimedia is an education charity that happens to
> exist exists in a technology field. I often note in presentations that I
> give that the Wikimedia vision statement does NOT use the words, Internet,
> or Wiki, or Encyclopedia. But these appointments indicate the Board and WMF
> Executive believe Wikimedia is a technology charity that happens to exists
> in the education field.
>
> These appointments will make a crucial difference to how the new WMF
> strategic direction will go - and clearly the leadership is wanting to make
> us act more like a Californian dot-com and less like a global education
> charity. Less "community consensus building" and more "move fast and break
> things" - is the message I am reading here.
>
> Can the board please address how it accounts for the geographical
> proximity and professional-background similarity between three of the four
> Board-appointed seats? And, whether you would define the WMF as a "tech
> organisation"?
>
> - Liam / Wittylama
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Legoktm]

Hi,

On 01/05/2016 08:01 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> I note we now have on the board:
> 
> * Jimmy Wales, who has served as a member of Google's "Advisory Council"
> * Denny Vrandecic, who is a Google employee
> * Guy Kawasaki, who has served as special advisor to the CEO of the
> Motorola business unit of Google
> * Kelly Battles of Bracket Computing, which partners with Google Cloud
> Platform
> * Arnnon Geshuri, who served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at Google
> 
> Did I miss anyone?

I think you missed all the board members who have Google set as their
browser's default search engine instead of using DuckDuckGo[1].

But really, I think you should be paying attention to Facebook. We are
reliant upon HHVM to run MediaWiki, which is developed by them, as well
as Phabricator for bug tracking, which was originally developed by them.
Furthermore, our current hardware officer[2] is a Facebook employee.

[1] https://duckduckgo.com/
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_Officer

-- Legoktm

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Anthony Cole]

This is all fascinating and concerning. Most concerning to me is the
presence on the board of someone actually on Google's payroll right now.
How can Denny not be fatally conflicted in all - or most - board
deliberations that involve broad strategy - especially but not only to do
with WikiData?

Anthony Cole
I'm on the board of Wiki Project Med Foundation.

Anthony Cole


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Legoktm  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On 01/05/2016 08:01 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> > I note we now have on the board:
> >
> > * Jimmy Wales, who has served as a member of Google's "Advisory Council"
> > * Denny Vrandecic, who is a Google employee
> > * Guy Kawasaki, who has served as special advisor to the CEO of the
> > Motorola business unit of Google
> > * Kelly Battles of Bracket Computing, which partners with Google Cloud
> > Platform
> > * Arnnon Geshuri, who served as Senior Director of HR and Staffing at
> Google
> >
> > Did I miss anyone?
>
> I think you missed all the board members who have Google set as their
> browser's default search engine instead of using DuckDuckGo[1].
>
> But really, I think you should be paying attention to Facebook. We are
> reliant upon HHVM to run MediaWiki, which is developed by them, as well
> as Phabricator for bug tracking, which was originally developed by them.
> Furthermore, our current hardware officer[2] is a Facebook employee.
>
> [1] https://duckduckgo.com/
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_Officer
>
> -- Legoktm
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

Dear all,

As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy
to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles
and Arnnon Geshuri.

Kelly and Arnnon bring deep expertise in strategy and financial oversight,
and diversity and organizational development, and a passionate commitment
to advancing Wikimedia’s vision for the world. You can learn more about
them in the blog post here:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/,
and their biographies have been added to the Board of Trustees page, here
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees.

Over the past several weeks, the Board considered many qualified candidates
from around the globe. We were looking for people with experience in
strategic and organizational development to help guide the Wikimedia
Foundation’s future. We were also looking for people with a sense of
empathy and cultural awareness, who would value and strengthen the unique
culture of our diverse, global movement.

We are excited to announce that with Kelly and Arnnon, we have found
exceptional new Trustees who have these qualities, as well as many more.
They were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two years.
We look forward to working with them on the Board and toward our mission.

Please join me in welcoming them.

Dariusz
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Todd Allen]

Dariusz,

Are either of these trustees occupying the seat formerly occupied by James
Heilman?
On Jan 5, 2016 6:01 PM, "Dariusz Jemielniak"  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am happy
> to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly Battles
> and Arnnon Geshuri.
>
> Kelly and Arnnon bring deep expertise in strategy and financial oversight,
> and diversity and organizational development, and a passionate commitment
> to advancing Wikimedia’s vision for the world. You can learn more about
> them in the blog post here:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/,
> and their biographies have been added to the Board of Trustees page, here
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees.
>
> Over the past several weeks, the Board considered many qualified candidates
> from around the globe. We were looking for people with experience in
> strategic and organizational development to help guide the Wikimedia
> Foundation’s future. We were also looking for people with a sense of
> empathy and cultural awareness, who would value and strengthen the unique
> culture of our diverse, global movement.
>
> We are excited to announce that with Kelly and Arnnon, we have found
> exceptional new Trustees who have these qualities, as well as many more.
> They were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
> Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two years.
> We look forward to working with them on the Board and toward our mission.
>
> Please join me in welcoming them.
>
> Dariusz
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

No, they replace Jan Bart and Stu, whose term ended as scheduled. Apologies
for not making it clear.

Dj
05.01.2016 9:04 PM "Todd Allen"  napisał(a):

> Dariusz,
>
> Are either of these trustees occupying the seat formerly occupied by James
> Heilman?
> On Jan 5, 2016 6:01 PM, "Dariusz Jemielniak"  wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> As Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance Committee, I am
>> happy
>> to introduce the two newest members of our Board of Trustees: Kelly
>> Battles
>> and Arnnon Geshuri.
>>
>> Kelly and Arnnon bring deep expertise in strategy and financial oversight,
>> and diversity and organizational development, and a passionate commitment
>> to advancing Wikimedia’s vision for the world. You can learn more about
>> them in the blog post here:
>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/01/05/new-wikimedia-foundation-trustees/,
>> and their biographies have been added to the Board of Trustees page, here
>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees.
>>
>> Over the past several weeks, the Board considered many qualified
>> candidates
>> from around the globe. We were looking for people with experience in
>> strategic and organizational development to help guide the Wikimedia
>> Foundation’s future. We were also looking for people with a sense of
>> empathy and cultural awareness, who would value and strengthen the unique
>> culture of our diverse, global movement.
>>
>> We are excited to announce that with Kelly and Arnnon, we have found
>> exceptional new Trustees who have these qualities, as well as many more.
>> They were approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
>> Trustees. Both terms are effective Jan 1, 2016 and will last for two
>> years.
>> We look forward to working with them on the Board and toward our mission.
>>
>> Please join me in welcoming them.
>>
>> Dariusz
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[Wikimedia-l] Announcing new Wikimedia Foundation Trustees

[Liam Wyatt]

Congratulations to Kelly and Arnon in joining the wikiverse at this crucial
time in our movement's existence. I hope their expertise - respectively in
Finance and HR - will be able to be put to good use!

However, I do have a concern about diversity...
Both of these appointees are white Americans from Iowa/Kansas with
top-pedigree Silicon Valley resumes.

I note that one of the other appointed WMF-board seats is currently also
occupied by Guy, also Silicon Valley, and one of the recently elected
community seats is occupied by Denny, who is a manager at Google. They all
live and work in the same field and within commuting distance to the WMF
office.

I've always believed that Wikimedia is an education charity that happens to
exist exists in a technology field. I often note in presentations that I
give that the Wikimedia vision statement does NOT use the words, Internet,
or Wiki, or Encyclopedia. But these appointments indicate the Board and WMF
Executive believe Wikimedia is a technology charity that happens to exists
in the education field.

These appointments will make a crucial difference to how the new WMF
strategic direction will go - and clearly the leadership is wanting to make
us act more like a Californian dot-com and less like a global education
charity. Less "community consensus building" and more "move fast and break
things" - is the message I am reading here.

Can the board please address how it accounts for the geographical
proximity and professional-background similarity between three of the four
Board-appointed seats? And, whether you would define the WMF as a "tech
organisation"?

- Liam / Wittylama




-- 
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