Dear all,
Since many have asked why I'm stepping off the board when my term ends Dec
2014: there's no dramatic reason - it's the compulsions of time. Being on
the WMF board is immensely satisfying but also a big time commitment that I
find increasingly hard to sustain.
I intend to be around in the movement, doing other things.
Best
Bishakha
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Anders Wennersten <mail(a)anderswennersten.se>
wrote:
Many wise decisions as I see it. It is important with
continuity and hands
on experience from the movement and our projects in the Board.
But the identified missing competence in the Board of management
experience is still not resolved..(something for December appointment?)
And congratulations to Patricio, nice to see his good insights and
competence being even more used in the Board
Anders
Jan-Bart de Vreede skrev 2014-08-08 15:24:
Hello Everyone
While the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting will arrive in due
time I wanted to update you on some internal matters at this point because
there have been some changes in the board composition.
Ana Toni joined our board last year but unfortunately the time demands
placed upon a Wikimedia Board member were not compatible with her other
commitments. This has given the board something to think about. We aim to
be a board that is able to incorporate outside expertise to increase our
effectiveness and possible candidates are often not able to commit the time
which we currently require.. In the coming period we want to have a look at
the time which is demanded of a board member (especially our in person
meetings which require a lot of travel) and look at which activities we
need to perform as a board. We want to thank Ana for her contributions. The
insights gained from her position as Chair of Greenpeace International were
especially useful to us as a board. We are sad to see her go, but we hope
to keep her in “our space”.
Bishakha Datta joined our board in March 2010 and has indicated to us
that she is not available for re-appointment after her term runs out in
December of this year. We will take the time to properly thank her for her
great contributions when her term formally ends in December.
While these things are part of of the normal turnover of the composition
of the board (and are also an opportunity to attract new fields of
expertise as needed) there is a matter of board stability during the first
year of the tenure of our new Executive Director. In response to Lila's
request for stability the board has decided the following:
1) Alice Wiegand was appointed to finish out Ana's term ending December
2014. We also appointed Alice to carry out the subsequent term ending
December 2016.
2) Last year at Wikimania I was appointed to the board for a two year
period, but I tendered my resignation effective the end of this year. At
the Board's request I reconsidered that resignation, and will serve out the
rest of my original two year term ending December 2015.
This does mean we will start the search process for a new board member
for the appointed seat that Bishakha will vacate at the end of this year.
And hopefully we will be able to also identify potential candidates to fill
the seats of both Stuart West and me, which will become vacant at the end
of 2015.
Secondly we have appointed the two officer positions as follows for the
coming fiscal year
Chair - Jan-Bart de Vreede
Vice-Chair - Patricio Lorente
The foundation has a great opportunity to grow under the guidance of our
new Executive Director and realize our ambitions. The board is looking
forward to a year of supporting Lila and providing direction for our
strategic goals.
Jan-Bart de Vreede
Chair
Board of Trustees
Wikimedia Foundation
PS: All the relevant resolutions will be published on meta in the coming
days
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