[Foundation-l] "Expertise" board seats: the NomCom invites your feedback

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
When you are at, please create the Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia that is
currently waiting for 108 days now.
Thanks,
       GerardM

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Sue Gardner wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > As you know, the board recently created a Nominating Committee to help
> > it identify, research and recommend candidates for the appointed Board
> > of Trustee positions involving "specific expertise." The members of the
> > committee are me, Michael Snow, BirgitteSB, Milos Rancic, Melissa
> > Hagemann and Ting Chen.
> >
> > We've brainstormed a list of selection criteria here
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nominating_Committee/Selection_criteria -
> > and now need to cut it back from about two dozen to eight.
> >
> > If you're interested, we'd like your help. Please comment on the talk
> > page re which criteria you think are most important, and also let us
> > know if you feel anything is missing.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sue
> >
> > Our rough timeline, in case you're interested:
> >
> > 1.Michael Snow, on behalf of the Board, will brief the Nominating
> > Committee regarding its role, the restructuring, and the board's
> > assessment of its own strengths and skills gaps. By August 30 DONE
> >
> > 2.Based on that briefing, the Nominating Committee will generate a set
> > of criteria for potential "specific expertise" board members. By
> > September 15
> >
> > 3.The staff of the Foundation will deliver to the Nominating Committee
> > the list of potential candidates that has been developed by the staff,
> > current Board members and supporters and friends of Wikimedia. By
> > September 15 DONE (by Michael)
> >
> > 4.The Nominating Committee will brainstorm and solicit additional names,
> > and add them to the total list. By September 30 IN PROGRESS
> >
> > 5.The Nominating Committee will research the names which have been put
> > forward, and assess their fit against the selection criteria developed
> > earlier. This will result in a midlist of candidates. By October 30
> >
> > 6.The Nominating Committee will initiate discussions with midlist
> > candidates to gauge their interest, provide them with information, and
> > respond to questions or concerns. By November 14
> >
> > 7.The Nominating Committee will cull the midlist and deliver to the
> > board a final list of interested candidates who fit the criteria for the
> > "specific expertise" roles. The goal will be to give the board a full
> > briefing on the top eight candidates for the four "expertise" seats,
> > along with a recommendation for the four who the Nominating Committee
> > thinks would be the best fit. By November 14
> >
> > 8.The community board members (Michael, Kat, Frieda, Domas, Ting, and
> > Jimmy) will vote to determine who will fill the four seats. By December
> 15
> >
> > 9.Nominating Committee orients new board members. January and February
> >
> > 10. Nominating Committee supports the board with other board development
> > tasks as requested. March, April, May, June
>
>
> Talking about board seats...
>
> Sue...
>
> I'd like to acknowledge the fact that local associations are apparently
> unable to create a separate mailing list for discussing the nomination
> of chapter representatives. It did not appear to me to be a huge
> unaccessible task, but unfortunately, that's a fact. Not the right
> infrastructure I guess.
> I even envisionned to create a Google list, that the idea really turned
> me off :-)
>
> Hopefully, in two years from now, for next elections (we can set it up
> for ourselves as a GOAL), we'll be able to host a list to discuss WMF
> rep, but since that's not the case right now, I'd like to officially
> (and humbly) ask that the WMF set up a wiki for us to discuss the issue.
> After much thinking, it seems to me that setting up a list would not be
> the easiest way to come to a consensual agreement, whilst a wiki could
> host at the same time, discussions and votes if necessary.
>
> This wiki would not be public. Its members would be chapter board members.
>
> Can you make sure that such a wiki is set up ? I know it is a tech
> issue, but it's also a (sad) political one as well, so I think best to
> acknowledge here that WMF help is necessary for chapters to be able to
> reach a common agreement on who their representatives will be on the WMF
> board.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ant
>
>
>
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