Hello, Indeed it seems to me possible to fill a whole master studies with the things a board member should know :-) but I know that he meant something different. It would be a could idea to have board members going to trainings to be a board member in the specific country where they live. A course of a weekend, for example, would be already a good help. Everything must remain a little bit realistic. Possibly, some board members are more open to other Wikimedians than people from the "outside world" - possibly not. Narrowing the target group down to chapter board members to "staff chapters" is a good step, and I share the arguments on the Meta page. Maybe one should let participants apply for the seminar in a similar way as to Wikimania, in order to have those participants most likely to succeed. For example, if someone is already more than a year board member and likely to remain at least on a board for another year, that would be a pro. Kind regards Ziko
Am Dienstag, 13. August 2013 schrieb David Gerard : > On 13 August 2013 15:39, Federico Leva (Nemo) > <nemow...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > True. Even worse, many do not even try to be board members (or active > > chapter members, for that matter) because they (think they) don't have > > enough experience. It's crucial to ensure the availability of growing > paths > > (usually informal) for volunteers or you lose them and they lose > > opportunities. > > For me, it's been crucial to be told by a prof. "you can learn the job > of a > > [university] board member in 6 months" (so it's inexcusable if you don't, > > but you must try). He was right. > > > A very useful book: Nonprofit Kit For Dummies by Stan Hutton and > Frances Phillips. I so wish I'd read it 25 years before I did. Very > US-centric, but informative outside that. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ziko van Dijk voorzitter / president Wikimedia Nederland deputy chair Wikimedia Chapters Association Council Vereniging Wikimedia Nederland Postbus 167 3500 AD Utrecht http://wikimedia.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
