Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
Gotta havva vagina!
Wow. They really did explicitly say they want a woman. Also, that's a pretty hard description to fill. In a view I've expressed before, I'd really like to see them recruit someone with experience in either academia or traditional publishing, but this seems not to be the direction the board wants to take. There are lots of highly qualified academics with a big interest in the internet or IT (James O'Donnell comes to mind as a perfect candidate), and there are plenty of publishing types who would be interested in getting involved with Wikimedia I'm sure. If they did bring someone on with that sort of background, it would be not only a credibility boost for the WMF, but I think that such a person would whip the organization into shape.
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QUOTE(Limey @ Thu 29th October 2009, 1:03pm)
Wow. They really did explicitly say they want a woman.
Well, they didn't say "woman". "Female" is all you need to be. I'm sure there are some debates that could take place about gender status, and about age. A 14-year-old girl might suffice!
Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
Gotta havva vagina!
Well, the Horsey Personnel Agency has the perfect candidate: Nancy Kwan!
Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
Gotta havva vagina!
I wonder if pre-op transsexuals will count. Wikipedia seems to have a disproportionate number of those gals.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
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I have no problem with the requirements for the position. I would have other priority for the use of expertise, such as experts in addressing child protective concerns on websites. Still this is an overall favorable development and seeking to include more participation from women or people with diverse cultural backgrounds is completely legitimate.
that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female
Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
Sue provided the Board with an update on the status of the search to fill the one remaining vacant expertise seat on the Board of Trustees. She explained that, as per the request of the Board at its previous meeting in April in Berlin, she has hired recruiter Eunice Azzani to assist with the process, and has provided Eunice with the Board's four criteria for the remaining vacant seat: that the new Trustee 1) have expertise in Asia, 2) have significant non-profit governance or managerial experience, 3) have some fundraising expertise and 4) be female.
QUOTE(GlassBeadGame @ Thu 29th October 2009, 3:21pm)
I have no problem with the requirements for the position [...] Still this is an overall favorable development and seeking to include more participation from women or people with diverse cultural backgrounds is completely legitimate.
Agreed. Eight of nine current Trustees are male. Taking this kind of measure to get 20% female representation isn't unreasonable.
Vacant board "Expertise seat", XX chromosomes only need apply
Thu 29th October 2009, 4:51pm
