[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming the new Wikimedia Foundation CEO

[Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin]

Welcome, Maryana. We hope you have a successful tenure and take the
community along with you. We have a lot of expectations and hope. All the
very best.

On Tue, 14 Sep, 2021, 9:22 pm Nataliia Tymkiv, 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am pleased to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
> has appointed Maryana Iskander as the new CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation
> [1] [2].
>
> Since 2013, Maryana has served as the CEO of Harambee Youth Employment
> Accelerator [3], a South African non-profit social enterprise focused on
> building African solutions for the global challenge of youth unemployment.
> Prior to this, she spent six years as Chief Operating Officer of Planned
> Parenthood Federation of America [4], a volunteer-led social movement
> focused on access to women’s healthcare. Maryana has also worked in
> academia as the Advisor to the President of Rice University [5], an
> international research university based in the United States.
>
> Her professional career has been motivated by breaking down systemic
> barriers, creating opportunities for collaborative solution-building, and
> community empowerment. She has a proven track record for leading complex
> organisations shaped by shared decision-making.
>
> In looking for the next CEO, we on the Board convened a Transition
> Committee [6], primarily to guide us in finding the right person for this
> critical role and secondly to oversee the executive Transition Team. The
> Transition Committee conducted a far-reaching and competitive global
> search, receiving around 400 recommendations and speaking to about 50
> potential candidates. Throughout this selection process, Maryana impressed
> us as someone who is deeply inspired by the Wikimedia vision and who
> embodies the values of equity and community that inform all Wikimedia work.
> She has extensive leadership experience working with volunteer-led
> initiatives and building partnerships across public, private and social
> sectors. Maryana also brings expertise in technology-led innovation to
> accelerate meaningful social change. She does this with a global
> perspective: Maryana was born in the Middle East, educated in the United
> States and the United Kingdom, and has spent the last decade living and
> working on the African continent.
>
> Maryana joins the Wikimedia Foundation at a crucial time. The movement is
> larger than ever, and it has never been more relevant or more trusted. This
> is an inflection point, as decisions need to be made to execute a shared
> vision for where the Movement wants to be in 2030. We believe that Maryana
> is the right person to help lead the Foundation at this moment.
>
> As Maryana begins, her priorities will include supporting movement efforts
> to implement the Wikimedia 2030 recommendations, such as the development of
> a Movement Charter and the finalization of a Universal Code of Conduct. She
> will continue the Foundation’s focus on knowledge equity and exploring ways
> to address the gaps in content and the diversity of contributors to
> Wikimedia projects. She will be supported by the Board in this journey.
>
> Maryana will officially start at the Wikimedia Foundation on January 5,
> 2022, as she transitions from her current job. Until then, the Foundation
> will continue to be led by the Transition Team, with guidance from the
> Board. In my conversations with her, I have seen that Maryana is a fan of
> direct communication and excited to learn from the movement. In the coming
> weeks, she will share ways to connect. Please join me in welcoming Maryana
> (CCed) to the Foundation!
>
> PS. For translations of this message, or to help translate it into more
> languages, please visit Meta-Wiki [7]
>
> *[1]
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/09/14/wikimedia-foundation-appoints-maryana-iskander-as-chief-executive-officer/
> *
>
> *[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryana_Iskander
>  *
>
> *[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harambee_Youth_Employment_Accelerator
> *
>
> *[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood
> *
>
> *[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University
>  *
>
> *[6]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Creating_a_CEO_Transition_Committee_and_Transition_Team,_2021
> 
>  *
> *[7]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/14_September_2021_-_Welcoming_the_new_Wikimedia_Foundation_CEO
> *
> 

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Results for the most contended Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees election

[Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin]

The voting system (single transferable vote) chosen reflects the
electorate's choice fairly. In this case, the primarily Global North
electorate prefers to elect Global North candidates, so the election system
has faithfully expressed the voting outcome of that behaviour. So, I do not
blame the election system for doing it's job. The issue is essentially
about human behaviour and choice.

What is unrealistic is to allow fully unfettered election but to  expect
that the fully unfettered outcome of that election would faithfully provide
the outcome of the Board's desire for a diverse set of elected candidates.

In the absence of any kind of constraint, when presented with a field of
candidates from all parts of the World, the primarily Global North
electorate elected a completely Global North lineup in line with their
views about what a suitable candidate should be like.

So obviously, the WMF expressing a desire to have a diverse board is futile
if no specific allocation or reservation for the unrepresented region is
made.

The same could happen for the next year's Board of Trustees election as
well unless there is specific provision for diversity.

On Sat, 11 Sep, 2021, 6:55 am Butch Bustria,  wrote:

> We better set a new criteria that board candidates for 2022 and 2023 must
> reside outside the 28th parallel north and 42nd meridian east.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Butch Bustria
>
> On Thu, 9 Sep 2021, 7:22 pm Mario Gómez,  wrote:
>
>> Fully agree with Mike.
>>
>> Also, rather than focusing on how different voting schemes would have
>> affected some candidates to be one position up or down, wider diversity and
>> representativity could be achieved by just electing 8 seats from community
>> elections.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 7:47 PM Mike Peel  wrote:
>>
>>> I don't get these kinds of arguments.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty much equally very active on enwiki + Wikidata + Commons -
>>> which should I chose as my 'resident' project? Most bytes (Commons),
>>> most edits (Wikidata), longest editing time (enwiki) - or something
>>> else? Or language for that matter - most of my editing right now is
>>> multilingual.
>>>
>>> I've lived in UK + Brazil + Spain (islands - off the coast of Africa) -
>>> am I global north or south?
>>>
>>> I've worked with two small affiliates: Wikimedia UK (back when it was
>>> founded), and Wiki Movimento Brasil - does that count as developed or
>>> emerging?
>>>
>>> What happens to others that fall on both sides of these arbitrary lines?
>>>
>>> Obrigado,
>>> Mike
>>> P.S., huge congrats to Rosie, Victoria, Dariusz and Lorenzo, who I know
>>> will do great jobs!
>>>
>>> On 8/9/21 05:36:41, Anupam Dutta wrote:
>>> > Congratulations to the winners and the participants also !
>>> >
>>> > Further to the ongoing discussions, my idea is as follows :
>>> >
>>> > In this Wikimedia land, a person is the resident of the project
>>> > s/he/they have most contributed No arguments
>>> >
>>> > Now the person can chose to be a worker in 'n' number of projects.
>>> > The definition of worker must be clearly defined as per certain number
>>> > of contributions made.
>>> >
>>> > Below that you a tourist..
>>> >
>>> > In this way elections can have votes from residents and tourists
>>> >
>>> > Anupamdutta73
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 09:16 Butch Bustria >> > > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Congratulations to the 4 winners.
>>> >
>>> > I saw that the STV system unveiled how the 4th and 5th positions
>>> > (appears to be from a G7 country and a non G7 country) had
>>> switched.
>>> > I am interested to know from which sector/s or Wikimedia project
>>> > brought the switch of those two positions (starting from the 8th
>>> > iteration).
>>> >
>>> > I also observed that I have no option to choose which wiki I will
>>> > represent. It appears that the system only allows which wiki I
>>> first
>>> > clicked the central notice link. I tried to go to the other
>>> projects
>>> > and vote, it allowed me to change my vote (still one eligible
>>> > ballot) but it did not change the project I will represent. I am
>>> > saying this because it would allow people reading the statistics
>>> > which project the eligible voter truly represents.
>>> >
>>> > Despite all the consultations made prior to the elections to bring
>>> > the emerging communities/ global south to the board it had not
>>> > accurately painted the picture. I would personally suggest in the
>>> > future not all candidates vie for the same set of seats. So for
>>> > instance, there are 4 seats up for grabs, two seats must be
>>> reserved
>>> > for sector A and two seats for sector B. Candidates must select
>>> > which sector they represent and cannot be both. Then the whole
>>> > electorate votes for candidates for Sector A board seats and Sector
>>> > B board seats using the same STV system. Qualifications for Sector

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021

[Ashwin Baindur - User AshLin]

Hi Kiril,

What would be the language of communication?

Regards, Ashwin Baindur (User:AshLin on en:WP)

On Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 01:52, Kiril Simeonovski 
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I would like to announce the Wikimedia CEE Online Meeting 2021
> ,
> which is scheduled to take place from 5-7 November and will be a virtual
> event for a second consecutive year.
>
> This year's conference will be labelled with the slogan "Meet for a Better
> Future!" and its programme will be mostly filled with session proposals
> received through a call for submissions, while there will also be a handful
> of sessions that will feature keynote speakers or will be formatted as
> plenary discussions on important topics from the Wikimedia movement. *You
> can submit your session proposal
> 
>  until
> the extended deadline of 30 September 2021.*
>
> Considering that the event will take place in an online environment and
> there are no significant barriers for participation, we would like to
> encourage participation and session proposals by people from outside the
> region of Central and Eastern Europe.
>
> In case you have any questions regarding the conference, please do not
> hesitate to contact the Organising Committee members
> .
> You can also read the official blog post
> 
> announcing the event in order to get more information about it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kiril Simeonovski
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