Elections de la Fondation Wikimédia/2024/Candidats/Mohammed Awal Alhassan
Mohammed Awal Alhassan (Alhassan Mohammed Awal)
Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA • AE)
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| Le nombre total de mots pour l'ensemble de la candidature (questions obligatoires + questions facultatives) est de 1000 (mille) mots. | ||
| Questions requises | ||
| Pourquoi vous présentez-vous au conseil d'administration de la Fondation Wikimédia ? Quelle serait votre contribution ? Qu'aimeriez-vous apprendre davantage ? | J'ai une passion pour le bénévolat et lorsque j'ai entendu pour la première fois qu'il existait un espace Internet où les bénévoles pouvaient promouvoir leurs langues et rendre les connaissances partagées sur cette plateforme librement accessibles à tous, je n'ai pas hésité à apprendre comment devenir membre. J'ai rapidement créé mon compte utilisateur Wikimédia en tant qu'activiste numérique de la langue dagbani. Plus tard, j'ai découvert plusieurs autres projets Wikimedia en plus de Wikipédia, ce qui a renforcé mon intérêt à m'impliquer davantage dans les activités du mouvement, y compris en me proposant des rôles de bénévole. | |
| Veuillez décrire votre expérience wikimédienne (contributions aux projets Wikimédia, adhésion à des organisations Wikimédia ou à des affiliés, activités dans le cadre de l'organisation du mouvement Wikimédia ou participation à une organisation alliée au mouvement Wikimédia). | Depuis que je suis devenu wikimédien, mon comportement, mes rôles de leader et mes contributions volontaires à plusieurs projets sont pour moi une source de fierté.
Je suis membre de l'équipe principale et j'ai été responsable de la communication, de la sensibilisation et des campagnes pour le Dagbani Wikimedians User Group ([1]). Je suis actuellement le co-responsable de la Dagaare Wikimedia community et j'ai aidé la Wikipédia de Dagaare à sortir de l'incubateur en moins d'un an, en 2023. Creative Commons : En 2022, j'ai codirigé le Traditional Knowledge and Copyright Intersections Working Group (WG) pour mieux comprendre les questions importantes concernant la relation entre les connaissances traditionnelles, les groupes et les ressources et les licences CC, les principes CC et le droit d'auteur. J'ai également été membre du groupe de travail [2], Digital Community Heritage et Open Access et j'ai participé et contribué aux résultats de recherche du groupe et à l'analyse de cas d'initiatives internationales en matière de patrimoine communautaire numérique. Mes efforts au sein de la communauté CC m'ont permis de devenir l'un des lauréats du fonds d'activité CC de cette année. Je me suis porté volontaire comme conseiller du Comité de rédaction de la charte du mouvement MCDC et comme ambassadeur de la charte du mouvement. Je me suis porté volontaire en tant que membre du comité de planification de la conférence LD4 : LD4 2023 et du sous-comité de sensibilisation. Cette année, je copréside la conférence 2024 qui aura lieu plus tard dans l'année. J'étais le principal responsable de l'organisation et du projet pour Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 au Ghana et le coordinateur de Wiki Loves Folklore et Feminism et Folklore 2023 et 2024. J'étais le principal organisateur et chef de projet pour Wiki Loves Folklore 2022 in Ghana et coordinateur pour Wiki Loves Folklore et Féminisme et Folklore 2023 et 2024. | |
| Selon vous, quelles devraient être les priorités de la Fondation Wikimedia pour les 5 à 10 prochaines années, et pourquoi ces priorités vous semblent-elles les plus pertinentes ? | La Fondation devrait s'efforcer de garantir l'équité dans la prise de décision dans les activités du mouvement, ce qui est l'une des initiatives de la Charte du mouvement, et investir davantage dans le soutien aux indigènes et aux groupes sous-représentés. Les minorités/indigènes et les groupes devraient être impliqués dans la prise de décision afin de se sentir partie prenante des processus et de s'assurer que personne n'est laissé pour compte, et la mission de la Fondation, qui est de rendre la connaissance librement accessible à tous, serait devenue une réalité. | |
| 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 serve in different organizations in diiferent capacities. I am a Council Member for Global Voices, a Fellow and mentor at Ghana School for Internet Governance which is a Fellowship program by E-Governance and Internet Governance Foundation for Africa to train Fellows from different parts of Africa on internet governance issues. Internet Society Ghana (ISOC Ghana): Communications Team Member. Manage all the organization's communications, including mailing lists, social media platforms, and general publications voluntarily. Also was Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): Member of the Universal Acceptance Communications Working Group in charge of crafting and sending out posts and general communications to the public through emails, social media, and blogs/websites. | |
| Please describe your professional career experience. | Professionally, I am an educationist working with Ghana Education Service since 2007. I worked a classroom teacher, a Head teacher, and was later elevated to the education directorate where I served in variouse schedules as an examinations officer, Basic Education Coordinator and currently serving as School Improvement Support Officer where I offer mentorship support to teachers on the job and young and upcoming teachers to improve learning outcomes in the Ghanaian schools.
I am also a Digital Language Activist interested in supporting the preservation of the indegenous languages on the internet space. | |
| 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? | The first was when the Executive Director of a local NGO I co-founded with never appreciated any efforts I made in the organization and always get angry with me at every little situation. My colleagues noticed it and was worried and they were afraid of the results if I decide to react. I calm the nerves of everyone by secretly meeting with the Executive Director alone and voicing out my frustrations to him and sought for his advise as to how I could possibly meet his expectations without compromising on the vission priciples of the organization. He explained that I made a damning remark about him to one of members of the organization and the person came to tell him what I said and that angered him. He advised me to always say about my superiors words that will not hurt them when they hear it and that I should be careful of those I call my friends. I apologized to him and we were good to go.
The second case was in one of my field work at Ghana Education Service where I was paired with two other people for some data collection in schools. These two guys got angry at each other and would talk to each in the field. I realized this was going to affect our work if allowed to continue. After work the fisrt day, I called one of them and told her that the other one said I should apologize to her on her behalf and that she should her if she accepted the appology. I did the same to the other one and lo and behold, the two bought and eat food together before we started work the next day | |
| Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work. | 1. Dilolma in Basic Education, specialized in Dagbani Language. With this background, I can translate materials into the indegenous Dagbani Language to aid undersatnding by native Dagabani Wikimedians and to ensure diversity and inclusivity in the governance issues. 2. Degree in Basic Eduaction, specialized in social science which is relevant in relating well with or socializing well with people from diffent backgrounds to achive a common goal. | |
| Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, staff page, etc.). | https://rising.globalvoices.org/blog/2022/06/22/meet-alhassan-mohammed-awal-dagbani-language-activist/ and LinkedIn | |
| 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). | ||
| Can you describe a policy, on wiki or off, that you helped to create or change? What did you learn from this experience? | ||
| How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard? | ||
| Sometimes in professional situations, there are personality conflicts. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts. | I keep in mind the core values/priciples, mission and vission of the organization and work towards that while taking appropraite steps to seek redress of any concerns I may have. | |
| 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? | ||
| Vérification | Vérification d'identité effectuée par le personnel de la Fondation Wikimedia et vérification d'éligibilité effectuée par le comité électoral | |
Éligibilité:  VérifiéVérifié par: KTC (talk) 20:03, 3 June 2024 (UTC) |
Identification: Vérifié Vérifié par: – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 04:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC) | |