Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Candidates/Lorenzo Losa/es

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Lorenzo Losa (Laurentius)

Laurentius (talk • meta edits • global user summary • CA • AE)

Detalles de los candidatos	Lorenzo Losa en la WikiConferencia India 2023 Información personal: Nombre: Lorenzo Losa Ubicación: Italia Idiomas: Italiano (nativo), inglés (fluente), español (básico) Editorial: Wikimedista desde: 2004 Wikis en donde el candidato está activo: Wikipedia en italiano, Wikidata
El número total de palabras para toda la solicitud (incluyendo las preguntas requeridas y opcionales) es de 1000 (un mil) palabras
Preguntas requeridas
¿Por qué se está postulando para un puesto en la Junta Directiva de la Fundación Wikimedia? ¿Qué es lo que podría contribuir a la misma? ¿Sobre qué le gustaría saber más?	En los últimos tres años sirviendo en la Junta, he aprendido mucho, pero una cosa sobresale: la realización de nuestra naturaleza global. No era un novato: mi primer edición en Wikipedia fue en 2004, y ya tenía experiencia en la gobernanza. Ya había estado involucrado con la comunidad internacional por una década. Aún así, no entendía completamente nuestra naturaleza global. En mi primera reunión de la Junta, recuerdo una diapositiva que narraba la historia acerca de la captura de Kabul por los Talibanes - un evento reciente en ese momento. ¡Esto no era algo a lo que estuviera acostumbrado! Es un evento mundial iportante, en todos los periódicos - pero no estaba acostumbrado a pensar que lo que hago afecta a, o es afectado por, estos eventos. Lo mismo pasa con nuestras comunidades, que tienen toda la amplitud y diversidad de nuestro movimiento global; y todos los retos de diferentes cultura, idiomas, zonas horarias trabajando juntas. Estar en la Junta amplió mi perspectiva sobre nuestras comunidades - y sobre la oportunidades de servirlas mejor. Espero poder continuar aprendiendo de nuestras comunidades alrededor del mundo, y apoyarlas en cualqquier forma posible.
Por favor, describa su experiencia con Wikimedia (tal como sus contribuciones a los proyectos Wikimedia, membresía en organizaciones o afiliados de Wikimedia, actividades como organizador del movimiento Wikimedia, o participación en una organización aliada con el movimiento Wikimedia).	Hice mi primera edición en Wikipedia hace 20 años, en abril de 2004. Desde entonces, he sido editor, administrador en la Wikipedia en italiano, voluntario de VRT, operador de bot. En suma, he hecho más de un millón de ediciones, incluyendo ediciones por bots. Serví como presidente de Wikimedia Italia, como integrante electo por la comunidad en el Comité de Diseminación de Fondos, y actualmente soy vicepresidente de la Junta de la WMF, e integrante del Comité de Producto y Tecnología.
Desde su perspectiva, ¿cuál o cuáles deberían ser las prioridades de la Fundación Wikimedia en los próximos 5-10 años, y por qué considera que éstas son las prioridades más importantes?	Una versión antigua de los valores de Wikimedia establecía que "Nuestras comunidades son nuestro mayor bien", y es verdad. Fortalecer a la comunidad es clave para nuestro éxito continuo. Más que eso, todos debemos darnos cuenta que estamos conectados entre nosotros y somos interdependientes. Es crítico construir cohesión y mejorar en escucharnos unos a los otros. Estas son prioridades internas, pero no existimos en un vacío. El mundo está cambiando, y la forma en que se acerca a la información está cambiando. Afectará cómo las personas llegan a Wikipedia, y nuestra capacidad de atraer donaciones voluntarias. Entender estos cambios y adaptarnos a ellos es vital.
Optional questions - Professional Experience, Skills and Education
Please describe your experience with governing bodies of organizations (nonprofit or for-profit), mentioning the scope of your responsibilities, as well as the complexity of the organization (in terms of scale of operations, budget, number of people involved, or other meaningful measures) and the size of the board or body.	I've served in governing bodies at different scales, including: Chair or board member of small associations (no staff, minimal budget). Chair of Wikimedia Italy (approximately 10 employees, 400 members, 500k$ budget). Member of committees like the Funds Dissemination Committee. Vicechair of the WMF board, and Product&Technology Committee chair.
Please describe your professional career experience.	After leaving my PhD studies, I founded a company focused on reuse of bibliographical data (WikiCite didn't exist at the time!), and later I helped with the start-up of other companies. Today, I lead the development of an electronic brokerage platform, part of a group operating multiple markets related to sustainable commodities.
Please briefly describe 3 situations that show how you tackled, or advised others on, a complex problem in an organization. How did you work with others to address the situations?	As newly elected chair of Wikimedia Italy, facing a hard decision: I asked the board to take a pause, and I set a clear timeline, making space for thinking together. That enabled different perspectives to emerge, focusing on what's best for the association, and avoiding hasty decisions. At my workplace, planning a major change. I began with small-scale experiments, to assess the situation. Then I continued with gradual changes, to build momentum. At every stage, I communicated and listened - especially to the most critical voices. That prepared the ground for the final push, with everyone's support. In advising a nonprofit to rethink itself, I facilitated a strategic meeting helping them bridge strengths and needs. I didn't provide answers, but tools that enabled them to find the answers by themselves.
Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work.	I've earned a master degree in Mathematics from the Scuola Normale Superiore, where I've also been a PhD candidate. In recent years, I attended trainings to build the skills I need as a board member, including: On managing nonprofits in Italy (e.g., [1][2]) On governance: Value Creation through Effective Boards, IESE Business School Team Dynamics for Boards, IMD Non-Profit Board Leadership Agent of Impact, Board Veritas Extensive training in facilitation (that I applied in movement events)
Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, staff page, etc.).
Optional questions - Leadership Experience
Please describe ways in which you have helped to form a bridge between multiple communities (such as by working on projects outside your home wiki, or working on a collaboration between multiple affiliates).	Opportunities for building bridges present themselves all the time - as long as you create the spaces for them and follow up. In the past three years on the board, I've been able to attend events of different communities. Talking with people in my home wiki, and in my country, is important to me for the depth it provides; but only connecting with people in all parts of the wiki world gives the breadth needed to glimpse its full complexity.
Can you describe a policy, on wiki or off, that you helped to create or change? What did you learn from this experience?	I began my term as chair of Wikimedia Italy with the creation of a conflict of interest policy, and I ended it with a complete overhaul of the bylaws, to adapt to changing national laws. My key learning is that policies are important, but the principles and the culture that upholds them are much more important. In healthy organizations, policies help to be efficient and improve. To change an organization, however, policies alone aren't enough: the culture is what you really should focus on.
How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard?	It might seem trivial, but the first step is asking. Create a space that welcomes their voices, and let them know they're welcome. I see a lot of good faith and willingness to listen: we need to create the conditions to translate it into practice.
Sometimes in professional situations, there are personality conflicts. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts.	Conflict is unpleasant, but not always bad: it makes different perspectives visible, and brings light to your blindspots. It's a learning opportunity. Conflicts become productive by focusing on what the person is bringing, not on whether I like it. In many cases, even when labeled as personality conflicts, it's not about the people but about the voices they bring - and that deserve to be heard.
Optional questions - Strategic Thinking
Where do you see the need for greater diversity in the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees or within the movement? What steps would you take to improve diversity on the Board or within the movement? What steps would you recommend the Board take to improve diversity?	We need a wide range of perspectives to look at issues from any possible angle and make the right decisions. The board does well in some measures of diversity, like gender or age, and not so well in others, like geography. The keys to improve are: Support volunteers across the globe to grow in governance roles at local, regional and global levels. Create spaces to surface different perspectives. Having the right people is not enough: we need their voices.
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	Idoneidad: Verificado Verificado por: KTC (talk) 19:57, 3 June 2024 (UTC)	Identificación: Verificado Verificado por: – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 06:33, 30 May 2024 (UTC)