I disagree with the suggestion to pay members of the board. Payment does
not necessarily mean people will invest more time and a fair bit of
literature supports intrinsic motivation resulting in greater engagement
than extrinsic motivation. As most of our movement is not only composed of
volunteers but run by volunteers paying board members would likely increase
friction.
Best
James
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Nataliia,
Thanks for the update. An issue that keeps coming to my mind is whether WMF
would get higher-quality Board candidates, and whether candidates would
devote more time to Wikimedia matters, if Board membership was treated as a
part-time job and paid accordingly. Many people who have the kinds of
skills which are desirable for WMF Board membership can be paid (sometimes
very well) for their services. My understanding is that WMF Board
membership is far more involved than once-per-month meetings that might
happen at smaller organizations which might be able to more feasibly get
volunteers for board roles due to the lower time requirements. Personally,
I would rather have many high quality WMF Board members and have them doing
Board work for 8+ hours per week and pay them accordingly, than have
difficulty finding high quality Board members who are willing to invest the
time required to do their jobs well. This might also help with the problems
which were discussed in other threads regarding WMF Board members feeling
like they lack adequate time to do their jobs adequately with the time that
they have; if Board members are paid for their services then I expect that
there will be less difficulty in this regard.
Thanks,
Pine
Pine
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntymkiv(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Dear all,
I have updates about the board recruiting process. As you may recall,
March
6 was the original deadline for accepting
submissions [1], but we need
more
time to develop more solid candidates. Our
original deadlines were
extremely ambitious, thus we decided to extend the deadline by two
months.
Here is an outline of the updated timeline:
-
Application and referral submission period (January 23 - May 6)
-
Application and referral review, proactive candidate recruitment, and
interviews (January - June 5)
-
Initial application review and screenings (January - May)
-
Board Governance Committee
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
Board_Governance_Committee>
(BGC) discussions with candidates (January - May)
-
BGC meets and makes short list (May)
-
Second-round interviews (May - June 5)
-
Background check conducted by BGC and Wikimedia Foundation staff
-
Criminal and financial background check conducted by outside
firm
-
Thorough review of online and public coverage of candidates
-
Executive Director and BGC meet to determine recommendations and
provide
recommendations to the full Board (June)
-
Board vote to confirm candidate (July)
-
Announcement of new candidates (mid-July)
We decided to run this search ourselves, rather than going with a
recruiting firm. If we need additional help, we’ll assess in one month
and
potentially discuss whether we need to look for
external firms to support
our recruitment efforts.
As a reminder, applicants may apply online at:
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers. We
also accept applications and referrals by email at
board-nominations(a)lists.wikimedia.org. The recruitment materials can be
found at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=55283092 [2].
I shall update the Meta page shortly [3].
Please forward this information to people who are potentially interested
in
serving the Wikimedia movement on the Wikimedia
Foundation Board of
Trustees.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
Board_Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment
(as of Jan 23)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimedia_
Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Board_recruitment&oldid=16250784>
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_Board_
Recruiting_Candidate_Packet.pdf
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
Board_Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
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working
hours/days, as I usually can work more as a
volunteer during weekend. You
should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in
advance!*
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:44 PM, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntymkiv(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Dear all,
We would like to announce that we are officially beginning recruitment
for
two open appointed positions on the Wikimedia
Foundation Board of
Trustees.
This email will outline the process and timeline
for the recruitment.
The Board initially began discussions on recruitment in May-June 2016
[1].
After a pause, the Board Governance Committee
(BGC) has renewed
recruitment
> for its vacant appointed seats and would love to share an update with
you
today.
With support from Anna Stillwell (from the Talent & Culture department)
and Michelle Paulson (our interim General Counsel), the BGC developed
four
candidate profiles for the vacant and
soon-to-be-vacant seats and gave
its
> recommendations to the Board in December 2016.
>
> During its December meeting, the Board decided that it hopes to find
the
following
types of experience and expertise:
1.
Growing a global movement: apply
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src=
3vh7tx1#.WIZGvrYrL-Y>
[2]
2.
Engaging new communities: apply
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src=
b1ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1>
[3]
3.
Social sector governance: apply
<https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src=
5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1>
> [4]
>
>
> After that Anna, Michelle, and the Communications team integrated Board
> feedback and developed recruitment materials, which include background
> information about the Wikimedia movement and Foundation as well as the
> profiles describing the types of candidates we are looking for. These
> recruitment materials can be found at:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/
> ?curid=55283092 [5].
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees currently has two vacant
> appointed seats. We also have a vacant community-selected seat, but
this
> seat will be filled through the community
selection process. The
Election
Committee, who runs the election process for community-selected seats,
will
provide further information about the process and
timeline at a later
date.
We hope to have all three candidates join the
Board no later than
Wikimania
> in August.
>
> We will begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions
> today and will close the submission period on Monday, 06 March 2017 at
> 17:00 PST. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is
> available on Meta here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [6].
>
> Applicants may apply online at:
https://wikimediafoundation.
> org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers. We also accept applications
and
referrals
by email at board-nominations(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
Over the next six weeks, we invite you all to tell us about people who
are
potentially interested in serving the Wikimedia
community on the
Wikimedia
Foundation Board of Trustees. And we look forward
to hearing from you.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
Board_Governance_Committee/2016_competence_matrix
[2]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src=
3vh7tx1#.WIZMiFyzlP1
[3]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src=
b1ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1
[4]
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src=
5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1
[5]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_Board_
Recruiting_Candidate_Packet.pdf
[6]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
Board_Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
*NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal
working
> hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend.
You
> should not feel obligated to answer it
during your days off. Thank you
in
advance!*
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