[Wikimedia-l] Proposal - Training for Wikimedia movement boards

[Tanweer Morshed]

Seems good initiative! I'd like to know, who will be training the people
from chapters?? It'll be more efficient if someone who specializes in
management of non-profit organization can do this job.

Regards,
Tanweer


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Balázs Viczián <
balazs.viczian at wikimedia.hu> wrote:

> If you wish to educate board people, I think mailing lists and acronyms
> should not cover a full bulletpoint of the event because they should have
> that knowledge already....
>
> I miss volunteer management in particular what is imo amongst the basic
> skills (it is totally different in many ways from paid staff mgmt) and
> fundraising. (Omg, we got a donation...what to do now? :)
>
> I'd go for general project (and time and workflow...) management instead of
> particular this and that kinda specific things. Imo first get the "big
> picture", than the specific ones (Glam, editathon, etc.)
>
> Are you plannig to hire a professional NGO trainer (individual[s])? A
> training company specialized on NGOs? Or we should educate each other?
>
> Cheers,
> Balázs
>
> 2013/8/13 Ziko van Dijk <vandijk at wmnederland.nl>
>
> > Hello,
> > Indeed it seems to me possible to fill a whole master studies with the
> > things a board member should know :-) but I know that he meant something
> > different. It would be a could idea to have board members going to
> > trainings to be a board member in the specific country where they live. A
> > course of a weekend, for example, would be already a good help.
> Everything
> > must remain a little bit realistic.
> > Possibly, some board members are more open to other Wikimedians than
> people
> > from the "outside world" - possibly not. Narrowing the target group down
> to
> > chapter board members to "staff chapters" is a good step, and I share the
> > arguments on the Meta page. Maybe one should let participants apply for
> the
> > seminar in a similar way as to Wikimania, in order to have those
> > participants most likely to succeed. For example, if someone is already
> > more than a year board member and likely to remain at least on a board
> for
> > another year, that would be a pro.
> > Kind regards
> > Ziko
> >
> >
> > Am Dienstag, 13. August 2013 schrieb David Gerard :
> >
> > > On 13 August 2013 15:39, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > True. Even worse, many do not even try to be board members (or active
> > > > chapter members, for that matter) because they (think they) don't
> have
> > > > enough experience. It's crucial to ensure the availability of growing
> > > paths
> > > > (usually informal) for volunteers or you lose them and they lose
> > > > opportunities.
> > > > For me, it's been crucial to be told by a prof. "you can learn the
> job
> > > of a
> > > > [university] board member in 6 months" (so it's inexcusable if you
> > don't,
> > > > but you must try). He was right.
> > >
> > >
> > > A very useful book: Nonprofit Kit For Dummies by Stan Hutton and
> > > Frances Phillips. I so wish I'd read it 25 years before I did. Very
> > > US-centric, but informative outside that.
> > >
> > >
> > > - d.
> > >
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Tanweer Morshed