"I am unaware of any laws which would prohibit WMF from publishing the
entirety of executives' compensation
details including their employment contracts, severance agreements,
and the circumstances
in which their departures happen."
Pine, I often appreciate your view and input on a range of topics but to be
blunt if this is your genuine opinion I'm personally rather glad my
employer does not base its HR policies and practices on your personal
interpretation of employment law.
Seddon
On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 8:59 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Antanana,
Thank you for this information.
I would like to bring the topic of WMF's financial transparency into the
conversation about who should be selected for a WMF Board seat based on
their knowledge of finance. I am dissatisfied with WMF's financial
transparency on topics such as severance payments to executives (see
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-May/087656.html),
and I fail to understand how WMF can claim to be a largely open and
transparent organization while providing the minimum legally required
disclosures about its payments to its executives.
Contrary to Jaime's statement, I am unaware of any laws which would
prohibit WMF from publishing the entirety of executives' compensation
details including their employment contracts, severance agreements, and the
circumstances in which their departures happen. Government agencies in the
United States publish this information routinely and/or are often required
to make the information available upon receiving public records requests.
Given Jaime's previous statement on this matter, and my general
dissatisfaction with WMF's level of financial transparency, I am
uncomfortable with his involvement with selecting a new WMF Board member
based on his or her finance expertise. I would encourage the Board to
reconsider Jaime's role in the selection process, and to place a strong
emphasis on identifying a new board member who has experience with
significantly increasing the financial transparency of organizations.
Pine
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 12:31 AM, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntymkiv(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Dear all,
As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has two
appointed Board members whose terms will expire during Wikimania 2018 -
Kelly Battles and Alice Wiegand. We have been working to fill those seats
and our goal is for potential candidates to join us in Cape Town during
Wikimania 2018.
== Finance expert seat ==
This is a very specific profile: we need a person with strong financial
management background and auditing skills. The BCG (Board Governance
Committee) is currently interviewing a short list of candidates prepared
by
Kelly Battles and Jaime Villagomez (the CFO of
Wikimedia Foundation).
Once
interviews are complete, the BCG will send their
recommendations to the
full Board.
== Technology/organizational growth expert seat ==
Over the last few months, we have conducted a series of conversations on
Board expertise needs. With the support of Katherine Maher (ED) and Josh
Weinberg (Chief of Staff), the BGC developed a candidate profile for the
soon-to-be-vacant seat and gave its recommendation to the Board during
their meeting in Berlin. We need your help to identify potential
candidates
for this position who are interested in serving
the Wikimedia community
as
a member of the Board of Trustees.
We shall begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions
today. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is
available on Meta here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [1].
You
can find the candidate package here [2].
Applicants may apply online at:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1162305?gh_src=
8b8yun5r1#.WvaOKPKMTCv.
We will also accept applications and referrals by email at
board-nominations(a)lists.wikimedia.org.
We look forward to hearing from you.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_
Board_Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment
[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Recruiting_
Candidate_Packet_May_2018.pdf
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
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