Hi Nataliia, Thanks for the update. It's promising to see a closed timeline for the board recruitment.
I am wondering though, when do you expect to wrap up the process for the appointed seats? There's always been a lot of talk that the community and affiliates don't take the needs of the board in certain areas into account - and it would probably be good if the board could communicate back before the election process starts what kind of expertise they're looking for. I guess that is not going to fly this time around, as you will be in the middle of a search for the expert seats? Any chance these timelines may support each other? Best, Lodewijk 2017-01-23 19:44 GMT+01:00 Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org>: > Dear all, > > We would like to announce that we are officially beginning recruitment for > two open appointed positions on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. > This email will outline the process and timeline for the recruitment. > > The Board initially began discussions on recruitment in May-June 2016 [1]. > After a pause, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has renewed recruitment > for its vacant appointed seats and would love to share an update with you > today. > > With support from Anna Stillwell (from the Talent & Culture department) and > Michelle Paulson (our interim General Counsel), the BGC developed four > candidate profiles for the vacant and soon-to-be-vacant seats and gave its > recommendations to the Board in December 2016. > > During its December meeting, the Board decided that it hopes to find the > following types of experience and expertise: > > > 1. > > Growing a global movement: apply > <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_ > src=3vh7tx1#.WIZGvrYrL-Y> > [2] > 2. > > Engaging new communities: apply > <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_ > src=b1ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1> > [3] > 3. > > Social sector governance: apply > <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_ > src=5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1> > [4] > > > After that Anna, Michelle, and the Communications team integrated Board > feedback and developed recruitment materials, which include background > information about the Wikimedia movement and Foundation as well as the > profiles describing the types of candidates we are looking for. These > recruitment materials can be found at: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=55283092 [5]. > > The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees currently has two vacant > appointed seats. We also have a vacant community-selected seat, but this > seat will be filled through the community selection process. The Election > Committee, who runs the election process for community-selected seats, will > provide further information about the process and timeline at a later date. > We hope to have all three candidates join the Board no later than Wikimania > in August. > > We will begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions > today and will close the submission period on Monday, 06 March 2017 at > 17:00 PST. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is > available on Meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [6]. > > Applicants may apply online at: > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers. We > also accept applications and referrals by email at > board-nominati...@lists.wikimedia.org. > > Over the next six weeks, we invite you all to tell us about people who are > potentially interested in serving the Wikimedia community on the Wikimedia > Foundation Board of Trustees. And we look forward to hearing from you. > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_ > Governance_Committee/2016_competence_matrix > > [2] > https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src=3v > h7tx1#.WIZMiFyzlP1 > > [3] > https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src=b1 > ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1 > > [4] > https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src=5g > wopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1 > > [5] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_Board_Recruitin > g_Candidate_Packet.pdf > > [6] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_ > Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment > > Best regards, > antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv > > *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working > hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You > should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. 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