And if you live outside the USA, you are presumably expected to do multiple long haul flights to the USA for quite short visits meaning being jetlagged the entire time and on your return. I note also that the long haul flights appear to be cattle class with no allowance for extra nights to deal with jetlag. As someone who used to fly a lot in my work, that kind of international air travel gets pretty gruelling (and I gave up that work eventually because of it). Also the notion that after a long haul flight in economy class jetlagged and sleep-deprived that you would use public transport to get to your accommodation sounds like an invitation to be mugged; that seems a pretty callous disregard for personal safety.

It sounds very unappealing ...

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On 7 Jun 2015, at 6:35 am, Risker <risker.wp@gmail.com> wrote:

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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