<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cross posting<br clear="all"></font>_____<br><font style="font-family:georgia,serif" size="2"><i>Béria Lima</i></font><br><a href="http://wikimedia.pt/" target="_blank"></a>(351) 925 171 484<br>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 31 January 2012 22:05, Béria Lima <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:berialima@gmail.com">berialima@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
 Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit on the 
Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years, starting 1 July 
2012. The two new members of the board will help to decide the future 
direction of the world’s leading non-profit website. Wikimedia project 
are constructed by hundreds of thousands of volunteers worldwide, 
supported by a growing number of staff and an international network of 
chapters. Board membership is unpaid.<br><br>The
 chapters wish to appoint two excellent board members and believe this 
can best be achieved by selecting from a large number of varied and 
skilled candidates. Therefore, the chapters call for nominations by 
everyone who believes they or someone they know would be suitable. The 
chapters ask that this call for candidates be distributed as widely as 
possible through such forums as mailing lists, village pumps, and blogs.</span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span><br>




<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
 successful candidates will be committed to the Wikimedia mission and 
willing and able to engage constructively with the stakeholders of the 
movement, including the volunteers and the chapters that provide it with
 essential support. The successful candidates will have:</span><br><ul><li><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The
 ability to provide expertise to the board in its goal of implementing a
 coherent vision on how the projects’ communities, the foundation, the 
chapters, and other affiliated groups work together;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Sensitivity
 to complex issues surrounding the multiplicity of languages, cultures, 
and jurisdictions served by the foundation’s projects;</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Knowledge and understanding of the governance of international non-profit organizations, balancing autonomy and subsidiarity;</span></li>




</ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The ability to think strategically and to work both as part of a team and independently;</span></li>




</ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">A good standard of written and oral English (fluency in additional language would be well regarded);</span></li>




</ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Sufficient time to devote to the role of board member, and the ability and willingness to travel.</span></li>




</ul><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership would be an advantage.</span><br>




<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br>The selection process is set out here:</span><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000099;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats<br>




<br></span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Nominations
 must be sent to the moderator Béria Lima (Wikimedia Portugal) and 
deputy moderators Milos Rancic (Wikimedia Serbia) and Mardetanha 
(Wikimedia steward from Iran) by 23:59 UTC, 29 February. If you would 
like to nominate yourself or someone else, please see the instructions 
here:</span><br><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000099;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate<br>




<br></span></a><font color="#888888"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Béria Lima</i>,<br>




Moderator</span><br>
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