I'd suggest, Chris, that you go back to the women who made early inquiries,
and have a good conversation about what made them decide not to run. It is
quite possible that one or more of them are ideal candidates who stepped
back for reasons that can be addressed through the co-opting process. The
election process can be quite daunting, and actually has almost nothing to
do with how effective a person is in the role for which they seek
election.
Risker/Anne
On 23 June 2013 05:05, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We had the Wikimedia UK Board elections two weekends
ago, and regrettably
continue to have an all-male Board - pretty much an inevitable consequence
of having no female candidates.
Interestingly, we'd had expressions of interest from a number of women who
didn't end up standing, even though they had great experience and could
have been strong candidates. That kind of accords with what I've heard from
people who work on increasing the gender balance of British politics, who
say men are much more likely to assume they should stand for election, even
if they actually aren't very good.
However, all is not lost, as we can co-opt up to three further Trustees,
and co-opting three men isn't an option.
If you know any women who you think would be good please invite them to
get in touch; chris.keating(a)wikimedia.org.uk
There's a bit more information about our current Board here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board<http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_me… -
and also the skills and characteristics we are looking for in a balanced
Board, here:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board/Characteristics
Many thanks,
Chris
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