Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board Recruitment Kick-Off

Hello! Thank you for the question, Lodewijk. The Board Elections Committee kickoff meeting is planned for January 31st, and I hope the discussion about how the two processes can support each other would be on the table as soon as the Committee will determine its own timeline for the process. Personally I would like us working together: the BGC and the Board and the ED have identified some expertise we lack, and the development of these three profiles is the result from those discussions. A possible role of the Elections Committee was discussed before, but the vision on how exactly was not finalized, so it indeed ended up not being possible at this point and with this timeline. Ideally I would see us working on the whole picture: what we need at all, and then filling the positions we need through whatever selection processes there are. If we couldn't find somebody with the expertise we needed during the appointed seats search, we can continue looking for them during the community selection, etc. But for this to happen the timelines should not be so close. Even though we have three profiles developed for two seats, the profile we were unable to find via appointed seats search will be known too late for the Elections Committee to take it into consideration. The fourth profile (discussed, but not prioritized for this appointed seats search) was Technology Innovation. It would be nice to have it on the table via the community selection process. To be clear, as with all Trustee roles, this competency is not someone who will get involved in the technical details or day-to-day operations. I think that a discussion involving the community about what more the Board needs would be welcome before the selection process starts, so we can concentrate on recruiting candidates with the competences that we need to stand for election. But I do believe that it greatly depends on how the Committee will organize its work and the selection process. Best regards, antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv *NOTICE: You may have received this message outside of your normal working hours/days, as I usually can work more as a volunteer during weekend. You should not feel obligated to answer it during your days off. Thank you in advance!* On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org> wrote: