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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.

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