Hi Joe, I have some questions! I don't know whether they are best addressed to you, or someone else, but
- I can't find any evidence of the Elections Committee having met since the conclusion of the 2017 elections - am I missing something? (The 'Minutes' page seems to only refer to 2015 meetings, which is almost 5 years ago, so hopefully this is a case of the meeting minutes being somewhere else on Meta) - Also, part of the mandate of the Elections Committee was meant to have been to do a review of the method of election to the Board of Trustees. I haven't heard anything about this happening. Has either the Board or the Elections Committee done anything about this? - Your email says we're looking for 2-3 new members. Does that imply that all the existing members are all continuing? (Who in fact are the existing members? Is the April 2017 list still valid?) - Has the Board, or the Board Governance Committee, done any assessment of whether the Elections Committee is the right tool for the job? (Does the Board actually review the performance of the committees it creates?) Thanks! Chris On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:28 PM Joe Sutherland <jsutherl...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > *Please disseminate this email to anyone who may be interested.* > > As you are probably aware, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees[1] > contains three community-selected seats which are voted in by the wider > Wikimedia community on a regular cycle. In 2020, we will be hosting another > one of these selection processes, which are coordinated by the Wikimedia > Foundation in collaboration with the Elections Committee[2]. > > We are seeking 2–3 new members for the committee to join us in time for the > first meetings in January 2020. Applicants will be vetted by Foundation > staff and ultimately approved by the Wikimedia Foundation Board Governance > Committee[3]. The term is three years, though the bulk of the work involved > occurs in the buildup to an election. > > This role comes with the following responsibilities: > > * Attending 3–4 meetings between January and April 2020 with the Foundation > and the rest of the committee > * Setting up the wiki pages for the board election (example from last > cycle) > * Helping to mark pages for translation and potentially import translations > as required > * Working with the committee to fulfill its other responsibilities[4] > > Ideally, you would have the following qualities: > > * Fluency in English > * Experience with advanced wikitext markup > * Responsiveness to email outreach > > We are particularly interested in those who come from a traditionally > under-represented background. If you are interested in volunteering for > this role, please let me know by *emailing me directly before January 19, > 2020*. > > Thank you in advance for your interest! Please let me know if you have > questions; I'm more likely to see these questions if you send them to me > directly. > > best, > Joe > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_of_Trustees > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_committee > [3] > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee > [4] > > https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Elections_Committee#Responsibilities > > > -- > *Joe Sutherland* (he/him or they/them) > Trust and Safety Specialist > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
