Hi everybody,
Thank you Anne for mention "only one woman candidate for FDC this year", it was me. I would like to say something: not time, not money is issue for me (I am free lancer, meaning I can manage my time). My theory is that I didn't pass because I didn't answer questions in the way the community wanted.
I am not sure how many woman we have who are free to help, serve and travel. But, what I found discourage after mine failure is the oppose votes. One thing is to see how many Wikipedians voted for you, but it's not so pleasant to count oppose votes.
I hope my words could help on why women aren't generally volunteering to run.
Regards, Zana (user:Violetova)
2015-06-06 22:35 GMT+02:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
Expenses, including travel, lodging, conference fees (if applicable) and the same per diem as staff receive (if food is not supplied) are paid for Board-related activities. Other reasonable expenses are also covered, although everyone is encouraged to take advantage of cost efficiencies where possible (e.g., group taxis to the airport, using public transit where possible). [As a side note, these same rules apply to the FDC, for which there was only one woman candidate this year.]
The bigger factor may be time, for both of these roles. The FDC is mostly not that busy most of the year, but is hyperactive during the two 10-12 week periods a year when they are considering proposals (From my experience, a thorough review of the average proposal takes 10-15 hours total. Multiply that by 6-8 in April/May and 12-18 in October/November, and that is a LOT of volunteer time). Members of the Board of Trustees have stepped down in the past because of the time commitment expectations (including several full weekends a year, a retreat, attendance at Wikimania, and participation in online/teleconference meetings).
Risker/Anne
On 6 June 2015 at 15:48, Carol Moore dc carolmooredc@verizon.net wrote:
On 6/6/2015 3:15 PM, Pine W wrote:
We had no new female candidates for board seats in the WMF election. For affiliates, I know of at least two affiliates that also have male board members saying that they/we would like to have more gender diversity on our boards but women aren't generally volunteering to run. What could be done to encourage more women to run for affiliate and WMF board seats?
Thanks, Pine
Does the job description mention whether there's pay or at least free
travel and hotel expenses for meetings?
$ is often a big factor for women.
CM
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