> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> > Date: May 17, 2010 10:23:36 AM PDT > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Foundation-l] Chapter selected board seats - call for candidates, > deadline extended > Reply-To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > To whom it may concern, > > All nominations for candidates for the chapter selected board seats > were supposed to be received by the end of today, however only three > have been received. The chapters will be more likely to make a good > selection if they have a large group of candidates to choose from, > therefore I am extending the deadline for nominations by 10 days, > until the 27th May. Subsequent stages of the process will be pushed > back accordingly. Hopefully a decision will still be made in time for > the board meeting at Wikimania, but this cannot be guaranteed. > > The original call for candidates, with the new deadline, is repeated > below. Please help us get a large number of nominations by > distributing this call as widely as possible on mailing lists, blogs > and wikis. > > Can you, or someone you know, help guide Wikimedia Foundation through > the next exciting steps of its strategic development and growth? > > The Wikimedia Chapters are looking for two candidates to sit on the > Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for 2 years commencing in > July 2010. The new board members will be faced with the challenge of > helping decide the future direction of the only top-10 internet > property that is run by a non-profit organisation. The Wikimedia > websites are constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers > world-wide, supported by a small but growing number of staff and an > international network of chapters. > > The successful candidates will most importantly be committed to the > Wikimedia mission and willing to work with the various stakeholders of > the Wikimedia movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that > provide essential support for the movement. They will have the time to > do this, with the appropriate communication skills (including a good > standard of English) and ability to work as a team. They will also be > able and willing to travel, and have an international attitude. > > The candidates will ideally be open-minded with experience of > international affairs and governance techniques. They will have good > communication skills, as well the ability to think strategically and > to work independently as well as part of a team. > > The process that will be followed for this selection can be viewed > here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/Process > > All nominations must be sent to the moderator (Thomas Dalton from > Wikimedia UK) and deputy moderator (José Spierts from Wikimedia > Nederlands) by 23:59 UTC 27th May. If you would like to nominate > yourself or someone else, please see the instructions here: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/Nominate > > The chapters wish to locate truly excellent board members and believe > that can best be done if there are a large number of varied and > quality candidates to consider. Therefore, the chapters ask that > everyone that thinks they, or someone they know, would be a good board > member submit a nomination. They also ask that this call for > candidates be distributed as widely as possible on mailing lists, > village pumps, blogs, etc.. > > Best regards, > > Thomas Dalton, > Moderator
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