We had no new female candidates for board seats in the WMF election. For
affiliates, I know of at least two affiliates that also have male board
members saying that they/we would like to have more gender diversity on our
boards but women aren't generally volunteering to run. What could be done
to e
On 6/6/2015 3:15 PM, Pine W wrote:
We had no new female candidates for board seats in the WMF election.
For affiliates, I know of at least two affiliates that also have male
board members saying that they/we would like to have more gender
diversity on our boards but women aren't generally vol
Expenses, including travel, lodging, conference fees (if applicable) and
the same per diem as staff receive (if food is not supplied) are paid for
Board-related activities. Other reasonable expenses are also covered,
although everyone is encouraged to take advantage of cost efficiencies
where possi
And if you live outside the USA, you are presumably expected to do multiple
long haul flights to the USA for quite short visits meaning being jetlagged the
entire time and on your return. I note also that the long haul flights appear
to be cattle class with no allowance for extra nights to deal
Actually we encourage extra nights for jetlag; sometimes people don't
have the time in their schedules though. Also we are trying to reduce
the time commitment for board service and especially trips to SF --
down to maybe 2/year max. Still though it's a fair bit of work/travel.
Phoebe
On Sat, Jun
