Hoi,
I wonder what you mean by doing better. Are you doing your best given the
circumstances? If so you do what can be expected of you. When people think
that is not enough, it is their problem. They are not in the same position
and have no genuine grasp what the situation is.
In the way that your inform about the issues you are dealing with it is
obvious that a lot of consultation is taking place. It is why I am happy
with your effort. I dare anyone to do better and be a candidate for the
next elections.Only people who bring positive suggestions at this time are
likely to have a positive impact when they are elected.
Dariusz, thank you for doing your job. Thank you for all the effort that
goes into making a positive difference.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 May 2016 at 10:22, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl> wrote:
hi,
I'm just writing to give you a short report on how the Board is working on
improving its governance and communication.
In March <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-03>[1], Kelly
and I conducted an internal survey about our governance, preferences,
vision on how it can be improved. Geoff and Stephen (from our legal team)
have prepared a number of recommendations, based on the governance best
practices.
Currently, Maria and I are working on a proposal to the Board, that will be
discussed on Monday[
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-05
2],
and that will address many of the
issues that have been raised recently
about timely communication, the level of detail in reporting, as well as
transparency.
Following our discussions in Berlin, we're going to expand our onboarding
process for external/expert Board members. Apart from our regular
onboarding (which includes legal training, mentoring from senior Board
members, and for expert members - talking to people from the community, as
well as selected readings about wiki-culture), we are going to introduce a
short workshop, focusing on the most important things a person coming from
the outside should know.
I ran a short poll/discussion with the community
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
[3]
on meta, to decide about the most
important topics. "Copyright, copyleft
and everything in between" as well as "Values and community dynamics of a
global movement" have been selected.
Guy and Kelly are really interested and looking forward to participating in
the workshop at Wikimania, which will be also open to staff members. I've
been in touch with Ginevra and Lorenzo, who have graciously volunteered to
run
the workshop
<
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikime…
[4],
possibly with some help from Asaf.
We are working quite hard on many fronts: the new ED search, the vacant
seats' fulfilment, internal governance improvements, communication,
onboarding processes, apart from our usual load. We still can do better,
and I hope we are on a right path.
best,
Dariusz Jemielniak, "pundit"
(a current WMF Trustee)
[1]
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-03
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-05
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Commi…
[4]
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikime…
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