[Wikimedia-l] Community consultation + Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director selection process

[Luiz Augusto]

Founder of a company that hosted the first wiki setup named as Wikipedia
after someone else suggested it due to the failure of Nupedia.

There is currently a Foundation where he is limited to the boy who
sometimes talks to the press only after YEARS of internal wars, including
press coverage of he misusing the Foundation credit card.

You should learn more about the Wikimedia history...
Em 22/01/2014 09:43, "Jeevan Jose" <jkadavoor at gmail.com> escreveu:

> Founder of the Wikimedia Foundation = One who founded/established the
> foundation? Sorry; I didn't get your question.
>
> Regards,
> Jee
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Fæ <faewik at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the assurance that the community "directly and indirectly
> > influences 100% of the board".
> >
> > Could someone point me to where this happened for the founder of the
> > Wikimedia Foundation?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Fae
> >
> > On 21 January 2014 17:28, Jan-Bart de Vreede <jdevreede at wikimedia.org>
> > wrote:
> > > Hey
> > >
> > > I am sure it is technically feasible, its just not realistic from a
> > hiring perspective. I cannot tell a potential candidate that process
> > includes a public vetting process, this is something that is just not
> going
> > to happen. We are hiring an ED for the Wikimedia Foundation, and the
> Board
> > of Trustees of that Foundation is simply the body that is responsible for
> > the final decision on this.
> > >
> > > I am not going to debate the different kinds of movement representation
> > in the board, but I would argue that the community directly and
> indirectly
> > influences 100% of the board, as appointed members are appointed by
> > (s)elected members and the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation.
> > >
> > > Jan-Bart
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 21 Jan 2014, at 15:57, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Thanks for getting back to me.
> > >>
> > >> Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
> > >>> There is no "community consultation" period in the selection proces.
> > It's
> > >>> simply not feasible or desirable to have someone have a public
> > "vetting"
> > >>> phase.
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure I understand how it would be infeasible. It's 2014, not
> > 1814.
> > >> I think we've figured out how to solicit feedback in a timely manner.
> > >>
> > >> It seems less desirable to me to reduce the Wikimedia community to
> > waiting
> > >> for the white smoke.
> > >>
> > >> The new Executive Director will be publicly vetted, to be sure, it
> just
> > >> sounds as though it'll happen after or he or she has been firmly
> > appointed
> > >> by the Board. It would be dishonest to suggest that there's no merit
> to
> > >> this approach, but I do wonder if it's in line with Wikimedia's
> values.
> > >>
> > >>> The good news is that you elected representatives on the board who
> > >>> have a strong voice in the selection process and final approval.
> > >>
> > >> I'm not quite sure who "you" is, but only three of ten Board seats are
> > >> directly elected. I suppose that's a strong voice?
> > >>
> > >> MZMcBride
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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