[Wikimedia-l] Board Recruiting Update

2015-10-29 Thread Boryana Dineva
Hello everyone, I wanted to share an update on the new board members search. The search is progressing well. We asked for and received nominations from the board of trustees, the advisory board, WMF staff, the WMF executive team, and the community, with a total poll exceeding 70 candidates. The

[Wikimedia-l] Call for Board nominees

2015-09-25 Thread Boryana Dineva
Hello everyone, As you may have heard, I joined the Wikimedia Foundation last Monday as the VP of Human Resources. I am so excited to be here and help to the best of my abilities. One of the projects that I am currently focusing on is adding two members to our board of trustees. I wanted to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcement about changes to the Board

2016-01-04 Thread Boryana Dineva
Hello everyone (+Pine), Thank you for reaching out. The HR team definitely keeps an eye on turnover on a regular basis. One of the first things I did when I started (approximately 3 months ago) is a stats health check including turnover trends, org demographics, compensation practices,