I believe Jan-Bart post reflect my perspective on the topic. I second.
Florence
PS: I will point out though... for historical perspective, that a rather
similar situation happened in the early years of the WMF, when Eric
Moeller chose to resign from his position as board member to be hired by
Sue Gartner as Deputy Director. The board was not involved in the
discussion, but was put in front of the "fait-accompli". But those were
early days.
Le 24/06/2021 à 16:43, Jan-Bart de Vreede a écrit :
Hey
So with all due respect and sympathy for the individuals involved and
me being unwilling to hurt people I feel it would be worse for me just
keep quiet.
The Foundation is supposed to be an example of good Governance for our
entire movement. We (as a movement) have come a long way in the past
20 years (and that is important: as our organisation and budget grows,
so do our responsibilities and the critical questions we get from the
world)
My personal opinion with regards to this announcement it comes down to
this:
It is NOT good governance to have a current board member suddenly
resign and then create a situation where that person receives
compensation for a position that seems to have been created
specifically for that board member (or at least was not publicly
posted?).
Even simpler
It is a good practice to create a 12 month waiting period before board
members of non-profits can become a staff member/paid
contractor/consultant.
No matter whether or not this is legally or procedurally explainable…
Jan-Bart de Vreede
(Writing this as a personal opinion)
On 23 Jun 2021, at 22:44, Maggie Dennis <mden...@wikimedia.org
<mailto:mden...@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
Hello, all. :)
I hope and trust that everyone is keeping well during these times!
I’m Maggie Dennis, Vice President of the Community Resilience &
Sustainability group of Wikimedia Foundation, within the Legal
department. I wanted to announce with pleasure that Maria Sefidari
has agreed to consult with the Foundation on Movement Strategy and
the ongoing Board evolution for the upcoming year. Many of us know
María from her role as the chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of
Trustees, from which she provided invaluable leadership in
governance, oversight, and fundraising. Others may know her from her
volunteer work as User:Raystorm
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Raystorm>, in which she has a
broad range of experience.
María, based in Spain, commenced her assignment with the Foundation
this week. We intend to tap into her expertise and knowledge of the
Foundation to support a successful implementation of the Movement’s
Strategy and to tap into new opportunities. (With her Board work, she
will be supporting Quim Gil’s team with the Board election and
helping Margo Lee in improving onboarding, documentation practices,
and training.) María will report to me as part of our Community
Resilience & Sustainability group. I’m excited that she accepted our
offer for a more hands-on assignment, particularly given how
important all of the work she’ll be supporting is. :) With more than
15 years of Wikimedia experience, her contributions in the next phase
will be a tremendous benefit to me and my team as we continue
settling into our own work on Movement Strategy.
Those of you who are involved with Movement Strategy are used to
seeing her at related meetings and still will. :) I anticipate María
will be joining one or more of the Movement Strategy global
conversations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Updates/June_15,_2021>this
weekend. Advertisement alert: maybe you can, too? Here’s more detail
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Updates/June_15,_2021>!
I myself will be attending at least one of those sessions and look
forward to seeing some of you there.
Warm regards,
Maggie
--
Maggie Dennis
She/her/hers
Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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