Board/Characteristics

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.

Wikimedia UK Trustee skills/characteristics

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

Diversity

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

A Board with a reasonable gender balance (no more than 2/3 of the Board being of either gender)

A Board which is varied in age

A Board which reflects the ethnic and cultural diversity of the UK

A Board which is geographically spread across the UK