維基媒體基金會理事會選舉/2024年/候選人/Lorenzo Losa

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Lorenzo Losa (Laurentius)

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候选人详情	Lorenzo Losa，維基媒體印度會議，2023年 个人: 姓名: Lorenzo Losa 所在地: 意大利 語言: 意大利語（母語），英語（流利），西班牙語（基礎） 编辑史: 何时成为维基人: 2004 活跃的wiki: 意大利語維基百科，維基數據
整個申請的總字數（必須回答的+可選擇回答的問題）為 1000（一千）字
必須回答的問題
您為何競選維基媒體基金會理事會成員？您會為維基媒體基金會理事會貢獻什麼？您想進一步了解什麼？	在過去三年維基媒體基金會理事會的任職中，我學到了很多東西，但有一點特別突出：認識到我們的全球性 我不是新成員：我第一次編輯維基百科是在 2004 年，當時我已經有了治理經驗。我在國際社群工作了十年。然而，我並沒有完全理解我們的全球性。在我的第一次維基媒體基金會理事會會議上，我記得一張幻燈片講述了塔利班佔領喀布爾的故事——這是當時最近發生的事件。這不是我所習慣的！這是一個重要的全球事件，在每份報紙上都有報導——但我不習慣認為我所做的事情會影響這些事件，或被這些事件影響。 我們的社群同是如此——我們的社群具有全球運動的全面廣度和多樣性；以及不同文化、語言、時區共同因應的所有挑戰。成為維基媒體基金會理事會成員拓寬了我對社群的看法，同時讓我有機會更好地為他們服務。 我期待著繼續向世界各地的社群學習，並以任何可能的方式支持他們。
請描述您的維基媒體經驗（例如：對維基媒體專案的貢獻、維基媒體組織或維基媒體自治體的成員資格、作為維基媒體運動組織者的活動或參與維基媒體運動盟友組織）。	20 年前，也就是 2004 年 4 月，我在維基百科上進行了第一次編輯。從那時起，我一直擔任編輯、意大利語維基百科的管理員、VRT 志願者、維基百科機器人所有者。總的來說，我進行了超過 100 萬次編輯，其中包括機器人編輯。 我曾擔任維基媒體意大利分會的主席、社群選舉的資金傳播委員會成員，目前擔任維基媒體基金會理事會副主席和產品與技術委員會主席。
從您的角度來看，維基媒體基金會在未來 5-10 年應該優先考慮什麼，為什麼您認為這些是最重要的優先事項？	維基媒體價值觀的舊版本指出「我們的社群是我們最大的資產」——這是事實。加強社群是我們持續成功的關鍵。 更重要的是，我們都需要認識到我們是相互連結和相互依存的。建立凝聚力並更好地傾聽彼此的聲音至關重要。 這些是內部優先事項，但我們並不是孤立存在的。世界正在發生變化，獲取資訊的方式也在改變。這將影響人們訪問維基百科的方式，以及我們吸引志願者和捐贈者的能力。理解這些變化並適應是至關重要的。
Optional questions - Professional Experience, Skills and Education
Please describe your experience with governing bodies of organizations (nonprofit or for-profit), mentioning the scope of your responsibilities, as well as the complexity of the organization (in terms of scale of operations, budget, number of people involved, or other meaningful measures) and the size of the board or body.	I've served in governing bodies at different scales, including: Chair or board member of small associations (no staff, minimal budget). Chair of Wikimedia Italy (approximately 10 employees, 400 members, 500k$ budget). Member of committees like the Funds Dissemination Committee. Vicechair of the WMF board, and Product&Technology Committee chair.
Please describe your professional career experience.	After leaving my PhD studies, I founded a company focused on reuse of bibliographical data (WikiCite didn't exist at the time!), and later I helped with the start-up of other companies. Today, I lead the development of an electronic brokerage platform, part of a group operating multiple markets related to sustainable commodities.
Please briefly describe 3 situations that show how you tackled, or advised others on, a complex problem in an organization. How did you work with others to address the situations?	As newly elected chair of Wikimedia Italy, facing a hard decision: I asked the board to take a pause, and I set a clear timeline, making space for thinking together. That enabled different perspectives to emerge, focusing on what's best for the association, and avoiding hasty decisions. At my workplace, planning a major change. I began with small-scale experiments, to assess the situation. Then I continued with gradual changes, to build momentum. At every stage, I communicated and listened - especially to the most critical voices. That prepared the ground for the final push, with everyone's support. In advising a nonprofit to rethink itself, I facilitated a strategic meeting helping them bridge strengths and needs. I didn't provide answers, but tools that enabled them to find the answers by themselves.
Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work.	I've earned a master degree in Mathematics from the Scuola Normale Superiore, where I've also been a PhD candidate. In recent years, I attended trainings to build the skills I need as a board member, including: On managing nonprofits in Italy (e.g., [1][2]) On governance: Value Creation through Effective Boards, IESE Business School Team Dynamics for Boards, IMD Non-Profit Board Leadership Agent of Impact, Board Veritas Extensive training in facilitation (that I applied in movement events)
Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, staff page, etc.).
Optional questions - Leadership Experience
Please describe ways in which you have helped to form a bridge between multiple communities (such as by working on projects outside your home wiki, or working on a collaboration between multiple affiliates).	Opportunities for building bridges present themselves all the time - as long as you create the spaces for them and follow up. In the past three years on the board, I've been able to attend events of different communities. Talking with people in my home wiki, and in my country, is important to me for the depth it provides; but only connecting with people in all parts of the wiki world gives the breadth needed to glimpse its full complexity.
Can you describe a policy, on wiki or off, that you helped to create or change? What did you learn from this experience?	I began my term as chair of Wikimedia Italy with the creation of a conflict of interest policy, and I ended it with a complete overhaul of the bylaws, to adapt to changing national laws. My key learning is that policies are important, but the principles and the culture that upholds them are much more important. In healthy organizations, policies help to be efficient and improve. To change an organization, however, policies alone aren't enough: the culture is what you really should focus on.
How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard?	It might seem trivial, but the first step is asking. Create a space that welcomes their voices, and let them know they're welcome. I see a lot of good faith and willingness to listen: we need to create the conditions to translate it into practice.
Sometimes in professional situations, there are personality conflicts. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts.	Conflict is unpleasant, but not always bad: it makes different perspectives visible, and brings light to your blindspots. It's a learning opportunity. Conflicts become productive by focusing on what the person is bringing, not on whether I like it. In many cases, even when labeled as personality conflicts, it's not about the people but about the voices they bring - and that deserve to be heard.
Optional questions - Strategic Thinking
Where do you see the need for greater diversity in the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees or within the movement? What steps would you take to improve diversity on the Board or within the movement? What steps would you recommend the Board take to improve diversity?	We need a wide range of perspectives to look at issues from any possible angle and make the right decisions. The board does well in some measures of diversity, like gender or age, and not so well in others, like geography. The keys to improve are: Support volunteers across the globe to grow in governance roles at local, regional and global levels. Create spaces to surface different perspectives. Having the right people is not enough: we need their voices.
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