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{{notice|This is a draft of the skills and characteristics Wikimedia UK should take into consideration in finding new trustees. The Governance Committee and the Board will discuss this in due course.}}
{{notice|This is a draft of the skills and characteristics Wikimedia UK should take into consideration in finding new trustees. The Governance Committee and the Board will discuss this in due course.}}


==Characteristics of individual trustees==
==Individual trustees==
 
The following characteristics should each be held by at least one member of the board
;Programme:
;Programme:
:Experience of the open-knowledge movement, and Wikimedia in particular
:Experience of the open-knowledge movement, and Wikimedia in particular
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* Regulatory compliance  
* Regulatory compliance  


==Characteristics of the Board==
==The Board==
The following characteristics should be held by the board as a whole


;Diversity:
;Diversity:

Revision as of 11:50, 20 February 2013

Comment This is a draft of the skills and characteristics Wikimedia UK should take into consideration in finding new trustees. The Governance Committee and the Board will discuss this in due course.

Individual trustees

The following characteristics should each be held by at least one member of the board

Programme
Experience of the open-knowledge movement, and Wikimedia in particular
Experience within the education, research, or cultural sectors
Community
Experience of volunteer-driven organisations outside the Wikimedia movement
Experience of organisations with multiple tiers of structure (e.g. national/regional, international/national)
Experience of online communities outside the Wikimedia movement
Governance
Experience of governance roles in non-profit organisation e.g. charities, school governors, local councils
Experience of organisations with a high public profile
Experience of governance in a global movement
Specific skills
  • Technology
  • Fundraising
  • Finance
  • Law
  • Regulatory compliance

The Board

The following characteristics should be held by the board as a whole

Diversity

A diverse Board, including but not limited to the following characteristics:

  • A reasonable gender balance (no more than 2/3 of the Board being of either gender)
  • Varied in age
  • Reflecting the ethnic and cultural diversity of the UK
  • Geographically spread across the UK