I hope nobody will mind, but I'll "Yay" with you too.
Thanks and kuddos to Natalia for bringing the idea up, leading the process,
and making it happen so quickly. And thanks to everyone who volunteered to
join bgc on top of their other volunteers position :)
Christophe
On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Anders said it all. This announcement is so many kind
of cool I don't
know where to begin. So just YAY! Thanks for the initiative, thanks
for volunteering.
Delphine
On 16 August 2016 at 20:57, Anders Wennersten <mail(a)anderswennersten.se>
wrote:
I joined the movement in 2007. I was then
overwhelmed by the beauty and
strength of the concept and the content in the projects. But at the same
time I was underwhelmed by the support structure behind. Even if Delphine
and Brion were good in talking with everyone and fixing technique and
Florence in chairing the operations, it was surely not up to the needs.
For me a milestone in getting a professional support structure in place
was
in 2012, when the Haifa agreement was realized
and the FDC (and
narrowing-focus) got in place. FDC was as fascinating for me as the base
concept of the projects and as much true to the values of the movement.
And
besides the clever colleagues in the committee I
got to know some truly
admirable individuals, like Kate Welsh, Garfield, Gayle and of course
Anasuya (and a little later Katy and Bishakha). Sometimes I feel that in
the
movement there are the best people you can find
anywhere. But at the same
time there were underwhelming issues, like a partly dysfunctional Board
and
that WMF operations was neither properly working
nor reviewed (by FDC).
I now see that in 2016 a new milestone is being passed when the movement
(at
last) gets a professional support structure on
par with the needs. I
perceive the tech org now working well and user driven, that the budget
process now has been run professional and that there is a good management
team in place for the running of WMF. And after seeing a lot of good
initiatives around the working of the Board where this announcement is
the
thing that get the keyelement in place, I also
believe the Board is now
up
to become as professional as is needed for the
movement. And the joy of
seeing the names of many of my all time favourites back (in part also in
FDC) is profound.
Welcome all of you and looking forward to read of the resolutions from
this
enhanced BGC
Anders
Den 2016-08-16 kl. 15:47, skrev Nataliia Tymkiv:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am honestly delighted to announce the results of the public call for
> Board Governance committee volunteer and Advisory members, announced on
> July 15, 2016 [1]. We received nine applications, and after discussing
> them with BGC and reviewing the committee's needs and interviewing a
short
> list of candidates,I have chosen five
volunteer advisory members for the
> committee. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who offered to serve
> on
> the committee.
>
> Please find below a short introduction for our new volunteer advisory
> members. They are all quite well known in the movement and I think their
> insights would be helpful. They join the Committee once they sign the
> documents that Stephen LaPorte, our Interim Secretary, sent to them (the
> same ones as the Board members sign - the confidentiality agreement
>
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Confidentiality_
agreement_of_the_Board_of_Trustees>
> , code of conduct
>
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_of_
the_Board_of_Trustees>
> , conflict of interest disclosure
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy>).
>
> === Gayle Karen Young ===
>
> Gayle Karen Young is a WMF's former Chief Talent and Culture office. In
> her
> time at Wikimedia, she was accountable for building the current HR team
> and
> had an active hand in board development and staffed the board HR
> committee.
> She brings experience with the Wikimedia movement, with the workings of
> the
> Foundation, and through her own consulting work in leadership and board
> development with organizations in both the for-profit and non-profit
> space,
> and in technology and human rights.
>
> === Kat Walsh ===
>
> Kat Walsh is a former member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
> 12/2006-8/2013 (Chair, 2012-2013; Executive Secretary, 2009-2010). Now
she
> works as an attorney specializing in
copyright, Internet law, and free
and
> open source software.
>
>
> === Tim Moritz Hector ===
>
> Tim Moritz Hector is Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland since
> 2014. Tim has been an active Wikimedian for more than eight years and
was
> engaged in several positions on national and
international level. His
most
> recent engagement (with Frans Grijzenhout
from WMNL) is focussed on
> building the capacities of board members in all Wikimedia-organizations.
> He
> is going to finish his B.A. in politics and german philology this month
> and
> shall work as an advisor to the ED at the "Academy for volunteerism" in
> Berlin beginning in September.
>
> === Ido Ivry ===
>
> Ido Ivry is a board member of Wikimedia Israel. He has extensive NGO
> experience, as well as business understanding, both in large corporates,
> NGOs, GLAM institution (National Library of Israel), and is currently a
> CTO
> in his own startup, developing open data solutions for city governments.
> Ido has been active on the Grants Advisory Committee and as part of the
> Simple APG Committee, working with many organizations in our movement on
> carrying out their missions successfully and effectively.
>
> === Ira B. Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) ===
>
> Ira Brad Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) is a long-time editor,
administrator,
and
former arbitrator on English Wikipedia as well as a board member of
Wikimedia New York City. Professionally, he has been a litigation
attorney
in New York City since 1987. He has broad experience with board and
community governance issues, best practices, and legal requirements from
serving with and representing a number of organizations.
[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-July/084756.html
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
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