Hi all I volunteer On 21 Jan 2020 15:57, "Douglas Scott" <[email protected]> wrote:
> FYI on the upcoming community elections to the Wikimedia Foundation board. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Bobby Shabangu <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 at 11:10 > Subject: [Wikimedia-ZA-Board] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation > elections committee: Call for volunteers > To: Wikimedia South Africa Administration Team < > [email protected]> > > > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 01:28 > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation elections committee: Call for > volunteers > To: wikimedia-l <[email protected]> > > > 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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-ZA-Board mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-za-board > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
