Maggie I am astounded.
Unless this is a non-remunerated role, taking on a board member immediately after they step down is an absolutely flagrant breach of one of the basic tenets of good corporate governance, the avoidance of conflict of interest. You and the WMF board must be very well aware of that, as you have spent years (rightly) insisting on absolute probity for the affiliates. Please tell me that this is an unpaid position. Michael > On 23 Jun 2021, at 21:46, Maggie Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, all. :) > > I hope and trust that everyone is keeping well during these times! > > I’m Maggie Dennis, Vice President of the Community Resilience & > Sustainability group of Wikimedia Foundation, within the Legal department. I > wanted to announce with pleasure that Maria Sefidari has agreed to consult > with the Foundation on Movement Strategy and the ongoing Board evolution for > the upcoming year. Many of us know María from her role as the chair of the > Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees, from which she provided invaluable > leadership in governance, oversight, and fundraising. Others may know her > from her volunteer work as User:Raystorm, in which she has a broad range of > experience. > > María, based in Spain, commenced her assignment with the Foundation this > week. We intend to tap into her expertise and knowledge of the Foundation to > support a successful implementation of the Movement’s Strategy and to tap > into new opportunities. (With her Board work, she will be supporting Quim > Gil’s team with the Board election and helping Margo Lee in improving > onboarding, documentation practices, and training.) María will report to me > as part of our Community Resilience & Sustainability group. I’m excited that > she accepted our offer for a more hands-on assignment, particularly given how > important all of the work she’ll be supporting is. :) With more than 15 years > of Wikimedia experience, her contributions in the next phase will be a > tremendous benefit to me and my team as we continue settling into our own > work on Movement Strategy. > > Those of you who are involved with Movement Strategy are used to seeing her > at related meetings and still will. :) I anticipate María will be joining one > or more of the Movement Strategy global conversations this weekend. > Advertisement alert: maybe you can, too? Here’s more detail! I myself will be > attending at least one of those sessions and look forward to seeing some of > you there. > > Warm regards, > Maggie > > > -- > Maggie Dennis > She/her/hers > Vice President, Community Resilience & Sustainability > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], 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/[email protected]/message/PFOBFWCBFACRGY3OMXAQG54ALPXGT3K3/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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