[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Board Recruitment Kick-Off: Changes to the Timeline

Dear all, We would like to announce that we are officially beginning recruitment for two open appointed positions on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. This email will outline the process and timeline for the recruitment. The Board initially began discussions on recruitment in May-June 2016 [1]. After a pause, the Board Governance Committee (BGC) has renewed recruitment for its vacant appointed seats and would love to share an update with you today. With support from Anna Stillwell (from the Talent & Culture department) and Michelle Paulson (our interim General Counsel), the BGC developed four candidate profiles for the vacant and soon-to-be-vacant seats and gave its recommendations to the Board in December 2016. During its December meeting, the Board decided that it hopes to find the following types of experience and expertise: 1. Growing a global movement: apply <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src=3vh7tx1#.WIZGvrYrL-Y> [2] 2. Engaging new communities: apply <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src=b1ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1> [3] 3. Social sector governance: apply <https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src=5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1> [4] After that Anna, Michelle, and the Communications team integrated Board feedback and developed recruitment materials, which include background information about the Wikimedia movement and Foundation as well as the profiles describing the types of candidates we are looking for. These recruitment materials can be found at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ ?curid=55283092 [5]. The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees currently has two vacant appointed seats. We also have a vacant community-selected seat, but this seat will be filled through the community selection process. The Election Committee, who runs the election process for community-selected seats, will provide further information about the process and timeline at a later date. We hope to have all three candidates join the Board no later than Wikimania in August. We will begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions today and will close the submission period on Monday, 06 March 2017 at 17:00 PST. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is available on Meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [6]. Applicants may apply online at: https://wikimediafoundation. org/wiki/Work_with_us#Wikimedia_Careers. We also accept applications and referrals by email at board-nominations(a)lists.wikimedia.org. Over the next six weeks, we invite you all to tell us about people who are potentially interested in serving the Wikimedia community on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. And we look forward to hearing from you. [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Board_Governance_Committee/2016_competence_matrix [2] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567318?gh_src= 3vh7tx1#.WIZMiFyzlP1 [3] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567342?gh_src= b1ftgs1#.WIZL_FyzlP1 [4] https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/567375?gh_src= 5gwopi1#.WIZMoFyzlP1 [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2017_Board_ Recruiting_Candidate_Packet.pdf [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ Board_Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment 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!*