Well, let's have a look at what they're looking for. There are some vague references to representation, diversity, and expertise, but if you look a bit closer at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/2022/Apply_to_be_a_Candidate, they indicate that "most beneficial for new trustees to bring" are: * Organizational strategy and management * Enterprise-level platform technology and/or product development * Public policy and the law * Social data science, big data analysis, and machine learning
I'm not going to propose a new set of criteria, other than to say if you really want diversity, inclusion and belonging, let people explain why they think they bring something of value, and let the community decide. And to hell with machine learning. People, not machines. Sent with ProtonMail secure email. ------- Original Message ------- On Saturday, May 7th, 2022 at 2:01 AM, Peter Southwood <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > How do you propose that relevant competencies be recognized, defined, or > assessed? Cheers, Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: H4CUSEG via Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org] > Sent: Friday, May 6, 2022 15:52 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Cc: H4CUSEG > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Are you considering running for the 2022 > Wikimedia Foundation board elections? > > Yes. We shouldn't define people by what they're not (white, cis-gendered, > male, etc.). But we should also adopt an expanded conceptualization of > "competency" that is more inclusive. What we think of as competency has been > defined by people who found their own specific skills particularly important > (and their own race better than other people's). To be inclusive means to > understand and value the competencies that people bring, in stead of > requiring that people of colour can join as long as they also have all the > "white" competencies. > > > Sent with ProtonMail secure email. > ------- Original Message ------- > On Friday, May 6th, 2022 at 2:59 AM, Lorenzo Losa ll...@wikimedia.org > > wrote: > > > On mer, 2022-05-04 at 14:36 +0000, H4CUSEG via Wikimedia-l wrote: > > > > > Can we stop referring to "diverse people" please? It's offensive. > > > > I'm sorry for that. > > > > If I understand it right - and correct me if I'm wrong - you are saying > > that calling someone a "diverse person" is labeling that person in a > > bad way. This is a fair point. Diversity relates to a multitude, not to > > an individual. > > To rephrase my sentence: we need trustees who are individually skilled > > and experienced, forming a board that is collectively diverse - that is > > able to express and create space for different perspectives and ideas. > > > > Lorenzo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > Public archives at > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/ > message/IJHKZYD7YDC7KQNAHJRJRSLIUCYANO2Q/ > > > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/ > message/2AF725BB7LMS7EFMNHB6ITYFDXBBSW2W/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/NYWU7OLMF3M5O3JQACO4TMR4XEEDN4JS/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/E4EPEFV2FNYIJNMDAHABLTC44343LNOE/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
