Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimédia France board handbook

-- Emeric Vallespi Vice President Wikimédia France www.wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @Wikimedia_Fr emeric.vallespi@wikimedia.fr mailto:emeric.vallespi@wikimedia.fr | Twitter: @evallespi Le 09/12/2014 18:40, Winifred Olliff a écrit : > Thanks for sharing this work, and for also sharing some of the details > about how and why you made the handbook! > > I've also added the handbook, along with WMAT's Codex, to this list of > community resources around decision-making and governance (part of the > organizational effectiveness learning center for Wikimedia > organizations) so other Wikimedia organizations can find it as an > example if they are also thinking about creating or revising their > board handbooks: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Learning_center.... > Please add to this list if you have other ideas about good resources > in this area! > > Emeric, would you consider adding a learning pattern > (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Learning_patterns) to the > library on Meta about the creation of the handbook? I think all of the > text you would need for a useful learning pattern is probably already > included in this Email announcement ;) > > Thanks again for your work. > > Cheers, > > Winifred > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Jean-Frédéric Berthelot > <jean-frederic.berthelot@wikimedia.fr > mailto:jean-frederic.berthelot@wikimedia.fr> wrote: > > Dear movement fellows, > > tl;dr > > Please find on Meta the Wikimédia France board handbook (in French) > < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27a... > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration > > > > == Long story == > > Wikimédia France is moving forward with its continuous improvement > process > and wishes for an adapted governance. After revising our > organizational > structure [0], and putting in place the systematic evaluation of our > programs [1], we do not want that governance becomes the limiting > factor of > our improvement. > > Since the hiring of our Executive Director who leads all staff, we > were > aware that the board tasks and processes had to evolve. That > meant no more > micro-management or "operational" stuff (except for certain board > roles) > and focus on strategy. > > To that effect, at the occasion of our previous General Assembly, > the board > drafted a board handbook [2], heavily inspired by the Wikimedia > Foundation > one (thanks for sharing!) > > The goal was to make sure every current member of the Board had > the same > vision of our governance, and to ensure that applicants for the > Board have > a good vision of what it means to be on the Board (expectations, > posture, > do's & don'ts, ...) - like a shareholders' agreement. > > This shared version is our first iteration as we anticipate to > complete, or > adapt, this document according to our governance's evolution. It is > relatively specific to our self-identified strengths and > weaknesses. We > also think that it is closely linked to our structure, our > background and > local context (relation with our ED, local labour law...). > > But despite all these specificities, we have (or will have) > similar stages > of development and governance issues: that's why we share with you > this > "Handbook", with the hope that the initiative or the contents can > be useful > for you - even if it's in French. > > == Process == > > The handbook writing was led by Émeric Vallespi, supported by the > rest of > the board. It was then shared with a restricted circle where we > gathered > input from 6 former board members, with almost 100 comments. We then > communicated the document to our members before the General > Assembly, and > finally published it on Meta where it joined the Austrian Kodex in > [[Category:Governance]]. Sharing is caring :) > > [0] < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%... > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form/Organisational_structure > > > [1] < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%... > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Proposal_form/Quality_approach > > > [2] < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27a... > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikim%C3%A9dia_France/Guide_du_conseil_d%27administration > > If you have any questions, feel free to shoot them to Émeric ;-) > > Cheers, > -- > Jean-Frédéric > _______________________________________________ > 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/Guidelines%0AWikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Winifred Olliff > FDC Support Team > Wikimedia Foundation >