Assuming I can cross post this, as it's popped up on a few lists I'm on. Please see below - perhaps you should run for the board :)

-Sarah

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Subject: Re: [cultural-partners] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:09:57 -0200
From: Béria Lima <berialima@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch>
To: Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination <cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch>


cross posting
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Béria Lima
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Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.


On 31 January 2012 22:05, Béria Lima <berialima@gmail.com> wrote:
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.

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.


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:
Increasing the geographical diversity of current board membership would be an advantage.

The selection process is set out here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats

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:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapter-selected_Board_seats/2012/Nominate

Béria Lima,
Moderator