Dear all, Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be viable (and advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically the following:
* Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide * Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process * Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions * 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting * International orientation * Very good communication skills in English * Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures * Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF * Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus * Effective communication skills in other languages are a major plus * Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus * Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of the Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and making sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on the above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end of the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January 2015.
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant experience and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador AT gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that your application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a wikimedia.org email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be viable (and advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of the Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and making sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on the above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end of the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January 2015.
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant experience and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador AT gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that your application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
-- "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain." Carlos M. Colina Vicepresidente, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve http://wikimedia.org.ve Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee Phone: +972-52-4869915 Twitter: @maor_x _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/GuidelinesWikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/GuidelinesWikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used instead of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications to be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage or disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may not be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based on suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not allocated to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does have a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a wikimedia.org email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User Groups and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in forming affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be viable
(and
advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to understand legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and the WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of the Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and making sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on the above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end of the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January 2015.
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant experience and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador AT gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that your application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
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Committees can have more than one mailing list, Bence.
I suggest that Affcom rethink its approach: there's no good reason to assume that the order of candidacy has anything to do with selection, particularly if it goes to a second list, and your "nominating subcommittee" all has access. It is always a bad idea for only one person to manage anything that results in formal appointments. Accountability is important here. I don't think it will harm your process whatsoever to get a mailing list set up by the weekend, since self-nominations do not close until September 30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't happening onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used instead of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications to be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage or disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may not be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based on suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not allocated to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does have a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a wikimedia.org email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User
Groups
and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in
forming
affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be viable
(and
advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to
understand
legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in our members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate members, are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political discussions on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate in a monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and
the
WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of the Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and making sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid of the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the
world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered two-year terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on
the
above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end of the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant experience and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador AT gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that your application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or the committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
-- "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
junain."
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One option to consider is establishing an OTRS queue for AffCom.
How many vacancies are there to be filled?
Greetings,
Ad
2014-09-04 21:45 GMT+02:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
Committees can have more than one mailing list, Bence.
I suggest that Affcom rethink its approach: there's no good reason to assume that the order of candidacy has anything to do with selection, particularly if it goes to a second list, and your "nominating subcommittee" all has access. It is always a bad idea for only one person to manage anything that results in formal appointments. Accountability is important here. I don't think it will harm your process whatsoever to get a mailing list set up by the weekend, since self-nominations do not close until September 30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't happening onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used instead of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications
to
be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage
or
disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may
not
be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based on suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not
allocated
to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does
have
a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a
wikimedia.org
email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User
Groups
and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in
forming
affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be
viable
(and
advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to
understand
legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in
our
members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate
members,
are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political
discussions
on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate
in a
monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and
the
WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major
plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of
the
Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and
making
sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid
of
the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the
world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered
two-year
terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on
the
above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end
of
the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant
experience
and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador
AT
gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that
your
application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or
the
committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
-- "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee
wayuukanairua
junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya
junain."
Carlos M. Colina Vicepresidente, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve http://wikimedia.org.ve Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee Phone: +972-52-4869915 Twitter: @maor_x _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <
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Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines as the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
Thanks, Mike
On 4 Sep 2014, at 20:51, Ad Huikeshoven ad@wikimedia.nl wrote:
One option to consider is establishing an OTRS queue for AffCom.
How many vacancies are there to be filled?
Greetings,
Ad
2014-09-04 21:45 GMT+02:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
Committees can have more than one mailing list, Bence.
I suggest that Affcom rethink its approach: there's no good reason to assume that the order of candidacy has anything to do with selection, particularly if it goes to a second list, and your "nominating subcommittee" all has access. It is always a bad idea for only one person to manage anything that results in formal appointments. Accountability is important here. I don't think it will harm your process whatsoever to get a mailing list set up by the weekend, since self-nominations do not close until September 30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't happening onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used instead of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications
to
be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage
or
disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may
not
be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based on suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not
allocated
to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does
have
a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a
wikimedia.org
email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User
Groups
and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in
forming
affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be
viable
(and
advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to
understand
legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in
our
members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate
members,
are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political
discussions
on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate
in a
monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and
the
WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major
plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of
the
Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and
making
sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid
of
the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the
world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered
two-year
terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on
the
above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end
of
the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant
experience
and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador
AT
gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that
your
application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or
the
committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
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junain."
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Just what Risker suggested. ;-) (And I'd also support.)
Cheers, Martin
2014-09-04 22:07 GMT+02:00 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net:
Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines as the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
Thanks, Mike
On 4 Sep 2014, at 20:51, Ad Huikeshoven ad@wikimedia.nl wrote:
One option to consider is establishing an OTRS queue for AffCom.
How many vacancies are there to be filled?
Greetings,
Ad
2014-09-04 21:45 GMT+02:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
Committees can have more than one mailing list, Bence.
I suggest that Affcom rethink its approach: there's no good reason to assume that the order of candidacy has anything to do with selection, particularly if it goes to a second list, and your "nominating subcommittee" all has access. It is always a bad idea for only one
person
to manage anything that results in formal appointments. Accountability
is
important here. I don't think it will harm your process whatsoever to
get
a mailing list set up by the weekend, since self-nominations do not
close
until September 30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't
happening
onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used
instead
of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications
to
be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage
or
disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may
not
be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based
on
suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not
allocated
to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does
have
a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a
wikimedia.org
email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User
Groups
and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in
forming
affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be
viable
(and
advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to
understand
legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in
our
members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate
members,
are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political
discussions
on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate
in a
monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and
the
WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major
plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of
the
Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and
making
sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid
of
the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the
world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered
two-year
terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on
the
above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end
of
the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant
experience
and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador
AT
gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that
your
application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or
the
committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
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junain."
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On 4 September 2014 21:07, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines as the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
Thanks, Mike
On 4 Sep 2014, at 20:51, Ad Huikeshoven ad@wikimedia.nl wrote:
One option to consider is establishing an OTRS queue for AffCom.
How many vacancies are there to be filled?
Greetings,
Ad
2014-09-04 21:45 GMT+02:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
Committees can have more than one mailing list, Bence.
I suggest that Affcom rethink its approach: there's no good reason to assume that the order of candidacy has anything to do with selection, particularly if it goes to a second list, and your "nominating subcommittee" all has access. It is always a bad idea for only one person to manage anything that results in formal appointments. Accountability is important here. I don't think it will harm your process whatsoever to get a mailing list set up by the weekend, since self-nominations do not close until September 30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't happening onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used instead of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications
to
be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage
or
disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may
not
be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based on suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not
allocated
to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does
have
a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a
wikimedia.org
email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
Dear all,
Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to salvador1983@gmail.com instead.
Kindly apologize for the inconvenience.
Regards, Carlos
Sent from Samsung Mobile
-------- Original message -------- From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015
(in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( )
Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User
Groups
and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is looking for new members.
The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in
forming
affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be
viable
(and
advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic Organizations and User Groups.
This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to
understand
legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in
our
members.
The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate
members,
are typically the following:
- Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of volunteers worldwide
- Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps bureaucratic process
- Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political
discussions
on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and similar questions
- 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate
in a
monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting
- International orientation
- Very good communication skills in English
- Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures
- Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and
the
WMF
- Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community building and organising is a plus
- Effective communication skills in other languages are a major
plus
- Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus
- Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate
In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of
the
Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and
making
sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid
of
the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get organized and form communities that further our mission around the
world.
Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered
two-year
terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on
the
above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end
of
the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January
If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant
experience
and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador
AT
gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that
your
application came through.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or
the
committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are interested.
Best regards, Carlos Colina Chair, Affiliations Committee
[1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) [2]: Our member standards of participation are at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee/Resolutions/Standard_o...
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wayuukanairua
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junain."
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Sorry, clarification: I'm alluding to Wikipedians' tendency to go off into detailed side-discussions at the drop of a hat. I didn't mean this as a dig at anyone.
On 4 September 2014 21:28, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
No yak left unshaven!
On 4 September 2014 21:07, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines as the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
Thanks, Mike
On 4 Sep 2014, at 20:51, Ad Huikeshoven ad@wikimedia.nl wrote:
One option to consider is establishing an OTRS queue for AffCom.
How many vacancies are there to be filled?
Greetings,
Ad
2014-09-04 21:45 GMT+02:00 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com:
Committees can have more than one mailing list, Bence.
I suggest that Affcom rethink its approach: there's no good reason to assume that the order of candidacy has anything to do with selection, particularly if it goes to a second list, and your "nominating subcommittee" all has access. It is always a bad idea for only one person to manage anything that results in formal appointments. Accountability is important here. I don't think it will harm your process whatsoever to get a mailing list set up by the weekend, since self-nominations do not close until September 30. Indeed, I'm not entirely clear why this isn't happening onwiki, but I suppose there may be a reason for that which doesn't come through in the original email.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 15:34, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you for the suggestion, Anne!
As some background, the reason the private e-mail address is used instead of the AffCom mailing list is that it allows the incoming applications
to
be looked at all at the same time - thus not giving anyone an advantage
or
disadvantage based on the time they apply especially if there are any outgoing AffCom members who are reapplying for another term (which may
not
be relevant this time around, I am not sure, but we tend to rely on existing processes and improve on them iteratively where we can based on suggestions like yours).
Having a @wikimedia.org address would be cool, but they are not
allocated
to individual volunteers - we did ask a while ago. AffCom itself does
have
a mailing list on a wikimedia server, which we are not using for this purpose.Setting up a separate mailing list for the purpose might be something to consider next year.
Hope this helps.
Best regards, Bence (A member of AffCom, with some experience on how this process runs, but this is my personal view)
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
A gmail address?
I am sure if you ask nicely the committee can be granted a
wikimedia.org
email address through Mailman that will allow more than one person to handle applications. It could probably be done pretty quickly.
Risker/Anne
On 4 September 2014 14:35, Carlos M. Colina maorx@wikimedia.org.ve wrote:
> Dear all, > > Please note that, due a technical issue, direct your emails to > salvador1983@gmail.com instead. > > Kindly apologize for the inconvenience. > > Regards, > Carlos > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Carlos M. Colina" maorx@wikimedia.org.ve > Date: 03/09/2014 19:58 (GMT+02:00) > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org,Wikimedia Chapters general > discussions chapters@wikimedia.ch > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] AffCom - Call for candidates 2015 > > (in the case you received it already, sorry for re-sending it, my > Thunderbird crashed just as I clicked the "send" button :-( ) > > Dear all, The Affiliations Committee [1], the committee that is > responsible for guiding volunteers in establishing Chapters, User
Groups
> and Thematic Organizations and approving them when they are ready is > looking for new members. > > The main focus of the AffCom is to guide groups of volunteers in
forming
> affiliates. We make sure that the groups are large enough to be
viable
(and > advise them on how to get bigger), review bylaws for compliance > with the requirements and best practices, and advise the Board of the > Wikimedia Foundation on issues connected to Chapters, Thematic > Organizations and User Groups. > > This requires communication with volunteers all over the World, > negotiating skills and cultural sensitivity and the ability to
understand
> legal texts. We try to get a healthy mix of different skill sets in
our
> members. > > The key skills/experience that we are looking for in candidate
members,
> are typically the following: > > * Excitement by the challenge of helping to empower groups of > volunteers worldwide > * Willingness to process applications through a set, perhaps > bureaucratic process > * Readiness to participate in (movement roles) political
discussions
> on the role and future of affiliates, models of affiliations, and > similar questions > * 5 hours per week availability [2], and the time to participate
in a
> monthly ~2 hour voice/video meeting > * International orientation > * Very good communication skills in English > * Ability to work and communicate with other languages and cultures > * Strong understanding of the structure and work of affiliates and
the
> WMF > * Knowledge of different legal systems; experience in community > building and organising is a plus > * Effective communication skills in other languages are a major
plus
> * Experience with or in an active affiliate is a major plus > * Willingness to use full (real) name in committee activities > (including reaching out to potential affiliates) when appropriate > > In 2012, new types of affiliations were introduced, and the role of
the
> Committee has increased in guiding through volunteers towards > affiliation models that empower them to further our mission, and
making
> sure these models meet both the needs of the volunteers and the > movement. We are looking for new people to help, who are not afraid
of
> the workload and are motivated by helping other volunteers to get > organized and form communities that further our mission around the
world.
> > Members are usually selected every twelve months for staggered
two-year
> terms. The applications will be voted on by the current members not > seeking re-election, taking into account comments put forward by the > committee's members, advisers, WMF staff and board liaisons based on
the
> above membership criteria. A final decision will be made by the end
of
> the year, with new members expected to join on or around 1 January
> > If you are interested, You can send your applications with your full > name, contact data (e-mail address, wiki username), relevant
experience
> and motivation letter to our treasurer Salvador Alcántar at salvador
AT
> gmail.com by 30 September 2014. You will get a confirmation that
your
> application came through. > > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me and/or
the
> committee as a whole. We are happy to chat or have a phone call with > anyone about our work, if this helps them decide to apply. Please > distribute this call among your networks, and do apply if you are > interested. > > Best regards, > Carlos Colina > Chair, Affiliations Committee > > [1]: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee (please > follow the links and familiarize yourself with our work) > [2]: Our member standards of participation are at: > >
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2014-09-04 17:07 GMT-03:00 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net:
Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines as the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
That is a good idea. But that will not happen any time soon or ever.
Tom
Thank you everyone for your feedback and ideas. They're already being discussed internally by AffCom and may be reflected in our next call for candidates. There will not be any changes to the process for this call.
Some additional information folks may find helpful...
This call will add at least four people to fill some openings on the committee created by Cynthia's passing earlier this year, to replace a couple members transitioning into non-voting advisor roles (out of personal necessity), and expansion by one seat (to help with our growing workload and respond to concerns of response time).
This does not replace our usual annual call for members, which will be coming later this year. That call will fill vacancies left by members whose terms are expiring (or possibly re-elect those members) and another possible expansion of the committee, that call is also anticipated to fill at least four seats on the committee.
Before each annual call for members, we do a review of the process, and sometimes make slight tweaks. Prior to this email, we had committed to reviewing the process with our new, recently appointed, WMF board liaisons. This feedback is helpful and will be taken into consideration. For a variety of reasons, we decided not to delay this call for candidates any further (and risk having to delay or merge it with the next call) and instead use the process previously established.
As to the specific suggestions, I have heard compelling arguments for our existing approach, and for changes. I have not personally come to any final conclusions on what changes, if any, should be made, and I suspect the same is true for the rest of AffCom. In part, we wanted to fill the vacancies to help provide additional input on any changes to this process we may make. Keep in mind, we are also engaging in a much larger discussion internally and with affiliates, the WMF Board, and WMF staff about AffCom's activities, scope, processes, etc. This is done annually (and currently ongoing), and has resulted in some already visible changes this year (such as the liaisons, introduction of new resources for affiliates, etc.) with more to come, and may result in changes to things like the AffCom charter, which requires a WMF Board vote. I am not yet sure if that will happen, but I want to give you some sense of the overall scope of our current conversation and why this specific process was not changed this time around.
I generally try to avoid comparisons between the WMF committees as they are each rather unique in purpose and composition needs. Speaking specifically to AffCom, I can say that we look a great deal at the combined skills voting members will bring to the committee, which sometimes means qualified candidates are passed for a year to prevent too much overlap of any one existing skill area (such as legal or nonprofit capacity building) or consideration such as diversity or language. There have been concerns that a public process would discourage people from subjecting themselves to the process more than once, some candidates also fear retaliation given the complex politics within the affiliates world, and the current process is believed to have helped us with encouraging candidates to apply who can help us fill our diversity or skill gaps. I offer that not as a defense, but as some insight into how the process got to this point.
We recently finished the conversion of the Wikimedia user group application process from email based to an on-wiki based process and a faster approval process based on feedback we received (details are on-wiki and coming on-listserv soon). So that is certainly an option we are considering. Our last request for an additional committee mailing list took several weeks to process, and we try not to burden operations with urgent requests. That said, frankly, we have leaned towards convenience and the idea of moving it to a WMF hosted address simply has not come up recently and we will seek input from WMF operations on their preferences and ideas. I am personally intrigued by the suggestion of OTRS usage, but for for broader applications as well.
From just a few years ago as ChapCom to today as AffCom, this committee has
consistently changed and evolved based on feedback and movement needs. I appreciate not always to some people's liking, but let's face it, it would be impossible for us to accommodate every idea and request, if for no other reason than we often receive conflicting ideas and requests with very compelling arguments behind them. So it is absolutely a possibility that we will find ways to address existing concerns and adopt a different approach. Keep in mind the committee is made up of volunteers that change fairly regularly (at least four new volunteers are about to join), so I think it is unfair to make claims or accusations about our possible actions based on personal biases toward all things related to WMF or resentments about one specific action (out of dozens each year) or perceived inaction taken by the committee that you do not like. I say this one note not wearing my AffCom "hat", but as a personal response to some people's assumptions in this thread.
I hope that helps offer some insight into our current thinking and helps explain how we are responding to feedback and why there will not be any changes to this call. If folks would like to offer additional feedback off this list, you are welcome to email me, any members of AffCom you happen to know, or our group email list: affcom@lists.wikimedia.org
-greg aka varnent Vice Chair, Affiliations Committee
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < everton.alvarenga@okfn.org> wrote:
2014-09-04 17:07 GMT-03:00 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net:
Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines as the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
That is a good idea. But that will not happen any time soon or ever.
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Hi Varnet,
I have emailed Affcom or individual members on more than one occasion for an update about the Cascadia Wikimedians user group application. We finished our response to Affcom's last question on August 7, which was almost a month ago. We have projects that we would like to start that are waiting on Affcom's approval. Is the delay related to the call for new members and the change to an on-wiki process for user group applications?
Thanks,
Pine
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:06 PM, Gregory Varnum gregory.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you everyone for your feedback and ideas. They're already being discussed internally by AffCom and may be reflected in our next call for candidates. There will not be any changes to the process for this call.
Some additional information folks may find helpful...
This call will add at least four people to fill some openings on the committee created by Cynthia's passing earlier this year, to replace a couple members transitioning into non-voting advisor roles (out of personal necessity), and expansion by one seat (to help with our growing workload and respond to concerns of response time).
This does not replace our usual annual call for members, which will be coming later this year. That call will fill vacancies left by members whose terms are expiring (or possibly re-elect those members) and another possible expansion of the committee, that call is also anticipated to fill at least four seats on the committee.
Before each annual call for members, we do a review of the process, and sometimes make slight tweaks. Prior to this email, we had committed to reviewing the process with our new, recently appointed, WMF board liaisons. This feedback is helpful and will be taken into consideration. For a variety of reasons, we decided not to delay this call for candidates any further (and risk having to delay or merge it with the next call) and instead use the process previously established.
As to the specific suggestions, I have heard compelling arguments for our existing approach, and for changes. I have not personally come to any final conclusions on what changes, if any, should be made, and I suspect the same is true for the rest of AffCom. In part, we wanted to fill the vacancies to help provide additional input on any changes to this process we may make. Keep in mind, we are also engaging in a much larger discussion internally and with affiliates, the WMF Board, and WMF staff about AffCom's activities, scope, processes, etc. This is done annually (and currently ongoing), and has resulted in some already visible changes this year (such as the liaisons, introduction of new resources for affiliates, etc.) with more to come, and may result in changes to things like the AffCom charter, which requires a WMF Board vote. I am not yet sure if that will happen, but I want to give you some sense of the overall scope of our current conversation and why this specific process was not changed this time around.
I generally try to avoid comparisons between the WMF committees as they are each rather unique in purpose and composition needs. Speaking specifically to AffCom, I can say that we look a great deal at the combined skills voting members will bring to the committee, which sometimes means qualified candidates are passed for a year to prevent too much overlap of any one existing skill area (such as legal or nonprofit capacity building) or consideration such as diversity or language. There have been concerns that a public process would discourage people from subjecting themselves to the process more than once, some candidates also fear retaliation given the complex politics within the affiliates world, and the current process is believed to have helped us with encouraging candidates to apply who can help us fill our diversity or skill gaps. I offer that not as a defense, but as some insight into how the process got to this point.
We recently finished the conversion of the Wikimedia user group application process from email based to an on-wiki based process and a faster approval process based on feedback we received (details are on-wiki and coming on-listserv soon). So that is certainly an option we are considering. Our last request for an additional committee mailing list took several weeks to process, and we try not to burden operations with urgent requests. That said, frankly, we have leaned towards convenience and the idea of moving it to a WMF hosted address simply has not come up recently and we will seek input from WMF operations on their preferences and ideas. I am personally intrigued by the suggestion of OTRS usage, but for for broader applications as well.
From just a few years ago as ChapCom to today as AffCom, this committee has consistently changed and evolved based on feedback and movement needs. I appreciate not always to some people's liking, but let's face it, it would be impossible for us to accommodate every idea and request, if for no other reason than we often receive conflicting ideas and requests with very compelling arguments behind them. So it is absolutely a possibility that we will find ways to address existing concerns and adopt a different approach. Keep in mind the committee is made up of volunteers that change fairly regularly (at least four new volunteers are about to join), so I think it is unfair to make claims or accusations about our possible actions based on personal biases toward all things related to WMF or resentments about one specific action (out of dozens each year) or perceived inaction taken by the committee that you do not like. I say this one note not wearing my AffCom "hat", but as a personal response to some people's assumptions in this thread.
I hope that helps offer some insight into our current thinking and helps explain how we are responding to feedback and why there will not be any changes to this call. If folks would like to offer additional feedback off this list, you are welcome to email me, any members of AffCom you happen to know, or our group email list: affcom@lists.wikimedia.org
-greg aka varnent Vice Chair, Affiliations Committee
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < everton.alvarenga@okfn.org> wrote:
2014-09-04 17:07 GMT-03:00 Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net:
Another option would be an open process on-wiki, along the same lines
as
the FDC board-selected seat nominations. Is there a need to keep applications confidential here?
That is a good idea. But that will not happen any time soon or ever.
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