Elezioni Wikimedia Foundation/2024/Candidati/Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (Rosiestep)
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| Il numero totale di parole per l'intera candidatura (domande obbligatorie + facoltative) è di 1000 (mille) parole. | ||
| Domande obbligatorie | ||
| Perché ti candidi al Board of Trustees di Wikimedia Foundation? Quale sarà il tuo contributo? Quali sono i temi su cui vorresti sapere di più? | Ritengo che far parte del Board sia il modo migliore per garantire che le Raccomandazioni e iniziative della Strategia del Movimento 2030 ricevano un impegno strategico (ad esempio, nel processo del Piano annuale). Continuerò a essere una wikimediana profondamente impegnata, ascoltando e partecipando a conversazioni, campagne e conferenze per garantire che i punti di vista della comunità siano affrontati nelle conversazioni strategiche con il CEO, lo staff e il Board, sostenendo i cambiamenti nella direzione o nelle priorità quando ciò è vantaggioso o ha un impatto sul movimento. | |
| Descrivi la tua esperienza nel mondo Wikimedia (ad esempio contributi ai progetti Wikimedia, appartenenza a organizzazioni o affiliati Wikimedia, attività come organizzatore del movimento Wikimedia o partecipazione a un'organizzazione affine al movimento Wikimedia). | - Volontaria
Wikipedians: per numero di DYK, #5; per numero di voci, Top 100; per numero di edit, Top 150. Controllo pagine nuove: #7. Co-Wikipediano dell'anno, 2016; Knighted, 2018, in parte per il mio lavoro su Wikipedia.
- Organizzatrice: listadegli eventi, comitati ecc. | |
| Dal tuo punto di vista, quali dovrebbero essere le priorità della Wikimedia Foundation nei prossimi 5-10 anni e perché le consideri importanti? | Indosso un braccialetto in silicone con la scritta: WWHSD? (Cosa farebbe Hari Seldon?). Nello stesso modo in cui questo personaggio immaginario pensava e pianificava il futuro lontano, io penso al futuro lontano del nostro movimento Wikimedia... tra 10 e 100 anni. Pertanto, ritengo che queste siano le quattro aree principali a cui dovremmo dare priorità:
Perché? Credo che questo sia ciò di cui il mondo ha bisogno da noi, così come ciò che i consumatori (lettori, assistenti virtuali, chatbot, ecc.), i volontari, i collaboratori, gli organizzatori, i partner e i donatori vogliono da noi. | |
| 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. | 1. Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (2021-present). Elected in 2021 for a 3 year term. I serve as Chair, Talent & Culture Committee. Member: Executive Committee and Community Affairs Committee; also, Sibling Projects Task Force. Previously: Governance and Audit Committees.
2. Board of Directors, Wikimedia District of Columbia (WMDC) (multi-state programmatic operations of a 501(c)(3) public charity) (2016-2021). Appointed, 2016. Vice-President, 2017-2021. Among my responsibilities: Human Resources and Friendly Space. 3. Co-founder, Women in Red (established July 2015).
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| Please describe your professional career experience. | Professional career: healthcare industry. Since 1990, I worked for a large corporation (national; later international) that provides healthcare services: administrator, contract management, talent acquisition. Memberships: PMI SHRM, and ERE. Retired in 2016.
In 2017, I became a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar at Northeastern University's Digital Scholarship Group. My work focuses on pre-20th-century, trans-Atlantic, English-language women writers and their works (on Wikipedia and also a Wikidata project). Unpaid position. | |
| 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? | 1. I helped bring together leaders from WM-CA, WM-DC, WM-MX, and WM-NYC during Wikimania Esino Lario (June 2016) to coordinate WCNA 2016 as a regional conference (previously, it was US-based). Together, we developed plans for it to occur in October and I agreed to be a co-grantee. It was a success (4 days; 7 tracks; >300 attendees).
2. In November 2020, the WCNA Core Team was still unable to decide whether to facilitate an online-only conference before the end of the year (e.g., COVID pandemic) because we were inexperienced with such a model. I suggested that the learnings from facilitating an online-only conference could be incorporated in future WCNAs so we don't have to be perfect this time; it's okay to take the risk and make mistakes. A successful virtual WCNA 2020 occurred in December (3 days; 4 tracks; >150 attendees) with several learnings. | |
| Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work. | BA in Business Management, and later, an MBA degree. Also, post-graduate certificate in "Healthcare Executive Leadership". More recently: Board Leadership Development Program (2022), Team Dynamics/Board Practice Series (2023), and Essential Facilitation (2024).
Relevance: MBA degree is quite relevant as the Board's mission is to focus on organizational strategy, a central component of this degree. | |
| Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, staff page, etc.). | - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiestephenson/ | |
| 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). | 1. Wikimania 2023: co-founded WikiWomenSummit x Wikimania (WWS). "Building bridges" day for strategy, skill-building, leadership development, celebrations. Goal: repeat WWS at future Wikimanias, shifting format to support each year's unique ideas/requirements/Core Team/attendees.
2. Helped develop ideas on the Community Health Working Group (2018-20). 3. Elected to the Affiliations Committee (2016-2021). Served on its Conflicts Committee all years. Officer (Secretary, 2017; Chair, 2020-21). 4. In 2016, I ideated that WCNA become an Affiliate to retain/incorporate learnings into future convenings. To date, WCNA is the only conference-based Affiliate. | |
| 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? | Create safe spaces; provide opportunities for dialogue; inspire and encourage to build on it. Example: at
WikiWomenSummit x Wikimania 2024, we will soft-launch a new concept: WikiWomenSummit X Lunch, which empowers women at regional wikiconferences to convene lunchtime meetups (program, scope, time, format varying with each iteration). | |
| Sometimes in professional situations, there are personality conflicts. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts. | Listen and learn before reacting; remain polite and civil; focus on issues. Understand that perceptions vary; we don't all see things the same way. | |
| 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? | Current Trustees incorporate gender and age diversity (for transparency, I'm 70 years old); represent four continents. An "Advisory Board" would bring additional perspectives. Historically, an "Advisory Board" existed. Currently, "Volunteer Advisory Members" serve on the Board's Governance and Audit Committees, plus the Community Affairs Committee's Sister Projects Task Force -- but this is different than an "Advisory Board". This would be a possible approach to provide opportunities for Wikimedians in underrepresented parts of the world, e.g., with representation from each region (per "Regional Grants Committees" alignment). | |
| Verifica | Verifiche eseguite dalla commissione elettorale o dallo staff di Wikimedia Foundation. | |
Ammissibilità:  VerificatoVerificato da: KTC (talk) 19:57, 3 June 2024 (UTC) |
Identificazione: Verificato Verificato da: – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 04:27, 2 June 2024 (UTC) | |