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.<div><br></div><div>Interestingly, we&#39;d had expressions of interest from a number of women who didn&#39;t end up standing, even though they had great experience and could have been strong candidates. That kind of accords with what I&#39;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&#39;t very good.</div>
<div><br></div><div>However, all is not lost, as we can co-opt up to three further Trustees, and co-opting three men isn&#39;t an option. </div><div><br></div><div>If you know any women who you think would be good please invite them to get in touch; <a href="mailto:chris.keating@wikimedia.org.uk">chris.keating@wikimedia.org.uk</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>There&#39;s a bit more information about our current Board here: <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_meetings">http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board</a> - and also the skills and characteristics we are looking for in a balanced Board, here: <a href="http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board/Characteristics">http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board/Characteristics</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Many thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div>