On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 8:34 AM Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > <snip> > 1. It is peculiar that "established Wikimedians" appear to be > expected to out themselves just to take part in Tuesday's Zoom call, > which seems an unnecessary barrier. > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2021-06-29
Haven't even had coffee yet, so just popping in to say - unintentional! That line was copied from a different kind of meeting. Fixing to what it usualy says when I do my office hour. Thanks for identifying that, Fae. :) Maggie > > Thanks, > Fae > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 at 00:33, Maggie Dennis <mden...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > Hello, all. > > > > Following up on Amanda because she mentioned that we were going to hold > an open meeting to discuss this. I just announced the details in a separate > email thread titled "Tuesday Foundation office hour." They are also > available on Meta, here. > > > > This office hour will be on June 29 at 15:00 UTC — see > https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1624978855 for your local time. If you > can't come, there are ways to submit questions in advance (or > simultaneously, if you don't want to join Zoom). > > > > It's taken quite a bit of time to pull together the technical details > today, and the team will be sharing information in other fora over the next > few days, but we wanted to follow up on this thread ASAP. > > > > I hope to see you there. > > > > Best regards, > > Maggie > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 12:51 AM <ake...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, All, > >> I’m Amanda Keton, the General Counsel of the Foundation, and I’d like > to clarify some of the questions and comments that have been raised over > the engagement of María as a Foundation consultant. I want to assure you > that we carefully followed our policies, compensated this in line with > similar consultants, and legitimately assessed her as the best person for > the role. > >> The need. Maria’s engagement comes at a time of transition for both the > Board and the Foundation executive staff. This is also a time where the > Community Resilience & Sustainability (CR&S) unit is setting up mechanisms > to ensure that the Foundation provides seamless service to our growing > community in its areas of responsibility. As many of you know, that team > has taken on Movement Strategy due to the transition along with maintaining > their support of Board elections, the Universal Code of Conduct, and > leading our cross-departmental approach to supporting a Thriving Movement. > >> As a unit, CR&S undertook a needs assessment of the workload ahead. > This needs assessment revealed gaps in implementation of the Foundation’s > Movement Strategy and in supporting staff with the ongoing Board selection > process, upcoming onboarding, and supporting a smooth transition. The team > currently supporting the Board expansion is quite stretched, monitoring > multiple channels in many languages. Having another person who can step in > immediately is tremendously helpful to these efforts. Based on this, CR&S > considered the necessary skills and expertise for assistance in executing > this work. While seeking this expertise, numerous factors were considered. > Some of these factors included experience with the Board, volunteers and > management. We also considered the qualifications with respect to the > criteria and role at hand. The unique blend of circumstances at play and > the importance of moving forward strongly at this time led us to carefully > assess our needs and explore creative solutions. > >> The role. In developing the scope of work for this role, we determined > that María was a very strong candidate to support this critical work. With > the transition at the executive level, and at the Board level, Maria brings > long-term familiarity with the strategy process and strategy conversations > that is crucial for the Foundation and the movement. Furthermore, she has > been a big believer and a promoter of the Movement Strategy. We believe she > can help ensure continuity in that work and can also support Maggie and > others in the Foundation working to help expand the Board in service of > bringing additional expertise, representation and capacity. > >> Managing a potential conflict of interest. Maria first considered > stepping down months ago, but she wanted to help navigate the transition at > the helm of the Board. I followed our Conflict of Interest policy and > brought this staff idea to the Transition Committee, the Human Resources > Committee, and ultimately discussed this idea in principle in the last > executive session of the Board of Trustees -- without Maria. The Board does > not generally discuss individual contracts, but I wanted to make sure that > the Board knew about it to respect the spirit of the conflict of interest > policy even if that would be shortly mitigated by her stepping down from > her trusteeship for unrelated reasons. I appreciate the concerns that were > raised about Affiliates receiving different advice. I'm not aware of this, > and because I want to respond timely, I can't check with all the relevant > staff. However, I have not found reference to this in internal or Meta > documentation and would appreciate more information on where this policy > can be found so we can review it when we next update our policies, and > ensure we consistently uphold our policies throughout the movement. I agree > we want to be consistent, and I appreciate that this was pointed out. > >> Fair compensation. I understand that a lot of questions have been > raised pertaining to Maria’s remuneration. As many of you already know, we > do not discuss remuneration of staff or consultants in public forums, > although we do disclose appropriately as we are required to as a US > nonprofit on our Form 990. It can be difficult to balance transparency and > privacy, and we find it best to adhere to a general approach that balances > our values of transparency and privacy as well as possible. However, all > consultant compensation is reviewed according to our standard rates and > market comparables. María’s compensation was set by the same process, and > this is in line with how others are paid for similar work in similar > regions. > >> I hope this clarifies any questions and doubts that you may have. > >> Best, > >> Amanda > > > -- > > Maggie Dennis > > She/her/hers > > Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/DXRBCSCFTJF3REKOPZGEQR5VY5KDF2CQ/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Maggie Dennis She/her/hers Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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