Wikimedia Foundation elections/2021/Candidates/Nokuthula Chimanga
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Candidate details - Personal:
- Name: Nokuthula Chimanga
- Location: South Africa
- Languages: Shona, English,
- Editorial:
- Wikimedian since: 17 June 2021
- Active wikis:
statement (Not more than 450 words) I am looking to be of value in this time. Top 3 Board priorities Encourage entrepreneurship, resilience and self care, Non- financial value drivers, revisiting strategy to create long term value. Top 3 Movement Strategy priorities increase reach, encourage innovation, diversity and inclusion. Verification Identity verification performed by Wikimedia Foundation staff and eligibility verification performed by the Elections Committee Eligibility: Identification: Trustee Evaluation Form Trustee Evaluation Form Years of Experience <1 1–2 2–5 5–10 10+ Wikimedia experience. The candidate is a dedicated contributor to the Wikimedia movement. Eligible contributions include: contributions to the Wikimedia projects, membership in a Wikimedia organization or affiliate, activities as a Wikimedia movement organizer, or participation with a Wikimedia movement ally organization.
No Board experience. The candidate has served on the board of trustees/directors or other similar governing body of a nationally- or globally-focused organization (non-profit, for-profit, or governmental).
No Executive experience. The candidate has worked at an executive level for an organization, department, or project of comparable (or greater) size, complexity, and scope to the Wikimedia Foundation.
Yes Subject matter expertise. The candidate has worked or significantly volunteered in an area relevant to the work of the Foundation and the Board. Such areas will be determined on an annual basis and may include areas such as Global movement building and community organization, enterprise-level platform technology and/or product development, public policy and the law, knowledge sector (e.g., academia/GLAM/education), human rights and social justice, open Internet/free and open source software, organizational strategy and management, finance and financial oversight, non-profit fundraising, human resources, board governance.
Yes Diversity: Background The candidate belongs or belonged to a group that has faced historical discrimination and underrepresentation in structures of power (related to, for example, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ identity, social class, economic status, or caste).
Yes Diversity: Geography The candidate would contribute to the overall geographic diversity of the Board of Trustees, based on the geographic regions where they have lived.
Yes Diversity: Language The candidate is a native speaker of a language other than English.
Yes Diversity: Political system experience The candidate has substantial experience living in and/or working to share knowledge in a non-democratic, state-censoring, or repressive context.
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