I largely agree, and I also think this chart shows that the Board badly needs people with management expertise.
Pine On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/07/2014, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I find the terminology and scoring here to be pretty obscure. Can someone > > explain in detail what the definitions of each criterion are and what the > > different scores mean applied to each criterion? For example, what does > > "Geographic diversity for the board as a whole" mean as a skill? > > +1 > > Can it be in plain English please, rather than weird jargon? > > Examples include: > > * "Gender diversity for the board as a whole" - this might mean > counting how many women are on the board (so why not say that?), or > maybe it includes other dimensions, like a count of LGBT identifying > people. The "board as a whole" might mean that the count is of people > who are not actually board members, it is very unclear. > > * "Geographic diversity for the board as a whole" - this might mean > counting the number of countries where board members reside, or how > many different countries they have resided in, or how much they > travel, or several other things. It may or may not be a part of > "Ethnic / multi-lingual diversity for the board as a whole" which is > counted as a second thingy. > > * "Visionary creative drive" - this appears to be classic management > speak rather than English. I hope that the board has very few > "visionaries", it sounds like having several might become disruptive. > Boards benefit from having several people who are not "creative" (that > can be a good thing when you want basic stuff actually done, like > giving some oversight for the annual accounts). > > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
