Hello Antanana, Thank you for this information.
I would like to bring the topic of WMF's financial transparency into the conversation about who should be selected for a WMF Board seat based on their knowledge of finance. I am dissatisfied with WMF's financial transparency on topics such as severance payments to executives (see https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2017-May/087656.html), and I fail to understand how WMF can claim to be a largely open and transparent organization while providing the minimum legally required disclosures about its payments to its executives. Contrary to Jaime's statement, I am unaware of any laws which would prohibit WMF from publishing the entirety of executives' compensation details including their employment contracts, severance agreements, and the circumstances in which their departures happen. Government agencies in the United States publish this information routinely and/or are often required to make the information available upon receiving public records requests. Given Jaime's previous statement on this matter, and my general dissatisfaction with WMF's level of financial transparency, I am uncomfortable with his involvement with selecting a new WMF Board member based on his or her finance expertise. I would encourage the Board to reconsider Jaime's role in the selection process, and to place a strong emphasis on identifying a new board member who has experience with significantly increasing the financial transparency of organizations. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 12:31 AM, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > As you may know, the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has two > appointed Board members whose terms will expire during Wikimania 2018 - > Kelly Battles and Alice Wiegand. We have been working to fill those seats > and our goal is for potential candidates to join us in Cape Town during > Wikimania 2018. > > == Finance expert seat == > > This is a very specific profile: we need a person with strong financial > management background and auditing skills. The BCG (Board Governance > Committee) is currently interviewing a short list of candidates prepared by > Kelly Battles and Jaime Villagomez (the CFO of Wikimedia Foundation). Once > interviews are complete, the BCG will send their recommendations to the > full Board. > > == Technology/organizational growth expert seat == > > Over the last few months, we have conducted a series of conversations on > Board expertise needs. With the support of Katherine Maher (ED) and Josh > Weinberg (Chief of Staff), the BGC developed a candidate profile for the > soon-to-be-vacant seat and gave its recommendation to the Board during > their meeting in Berlin. We need your help to identify potential candidates > for this position who are interested in serving the Wikimedia community as > a member of the Board of Trustees. > > We shall begin accepting applications and referrals for these positions > today. A more detailed timeline of the full recruitment process is > available on Meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/?curid=10176203 [1]. > You > can find the candidate package here [2]. > > Applicants may apply online at: > https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/1162305?gh_src= > 8b8yun5r1#.WvaOKPKMTCv. > We will also accept applications and referrals by email at > board-nominati...@lists.wikimedia.org. > > We look forward to hearing from you. > > [1] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_ > Board_Governance_Committee/Board_Recruitment > [2] > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Board_Recruiting_ > Candidate_Packet_May_2018.pdf > > 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!* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
