Hey There is no “community consultation” period in the selection proces. Its simply not feasible or desirable to have someone have a public “vetting” phase. The good news is that you elected representatives on the board who have a strong voice in the selection process and final approval.
Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Wikimedia Board of Trustees On 18 Jan 2014, at 06:58, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Hi. > > Is there a community consultation period built in to the selection process > for a new Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director? If not, should there be? > > In trying to figure out what the selection process may look like, I > re-reviewed some of the relevant FAQs and timelines: > > * https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/90968 > * https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/91132 > * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/7127367 > > As I understand the basic process, the Transition Team will ultimately > find a suitable candidate and will make a recommendation to the Wikimedia > Foundation Board of Trustees. (Please correct me if this description is > mistaken... this is largely unchartered territory for Wikimedia.) > > When this recommendation is made and prior to the Board voting, should the > Wikimedia community have the opportunity to weigh in on the candidate > Selection prior to final approval? If so, in what way? > > These questions are not meant to suggest that the Wikimedia community and > the Transition Team have not been working together already (e.g., in > creating a connectors list, drafting interview questions, etc.). > > While nobody would reasonably argue that every Wikimedia Foundation > employee be vetted by the Wikimedia community, it seems to me that this > particular position is unique given its enormous influence in shaping > Wikimedia's course. As I understand it, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of > Trustees is (s)elected to ultimately make the choice of who oversees the > daily operations of the Wikimedia Foundation as Executive Director. > However, I believe that ensuring that the community is adequately > consulted is important. > > Relatedly, I've asked the Executive Director Transition Team on-wiki about > the possibility of more regular status updates on its progress in some > form (mailing list posts, wiki page updates, etc.). > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
