At the moment, I imagine experience specifically with large-scale AI, and
with state-level influence over information flows, are also relevant?

On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM Lorenzo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Il giorno dom, 29/06/2025 alle 20.23 -0700, Luis Villa ha scritto:
> > What does the rest of the board think the high-priority skill gaps
> > and experience gaps (distinct, though related issues) are?
>
> The board periodically discusses which qualities, skills or experience
> are most needed. Given that by the end of the year we have three
> trustees ending their terms, we have recently had another round of that
> discussion.
>
> Among the areas of expertise that most trustees find important to look
> for, some are common board skills (not unique to the WMF board), like:
>  * Risk management
>  * Organizational strategy and management
>  * Board governance
>
> While others are related to more domain-specific knowledge or
> experience, like:
>  * Public policy and the law
>  * Public relations
>  * Enterprise-level platform technology and/or product development
>  * Open Internet/free and open source software
>
> Both lists are roughly ranked (by number of trustees who said they are
> among the most important ones).
>
> Lorenzo
>
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> Lorenzo Losa
> Chair-elect, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
>
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