Ntuliaka Wikimedia Foundation/2024/Ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị/Lorenzo Losa

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Lorenzo Losa (Laurentius)

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

Ihe gbasara ndi na adọ ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchichi	Lorenzo Losa na 2023 na WikiConference India Ihe gbasara mmadụ: Aha: Lorenzo Losa Ebe o bi: Italy Asụsụ: Ịtali (nwa amaala), Bekee (ọ na-asụ nke ọma), Spanish (nke bụ isi) Ihe ndepụta: Mgbe obanyere otu ndi Wikimedia: 2004 Wiki nke ọ na akpa ike: Wikipedia Itali, Wikidata
Ngụkọta okwu maka ime ndeba (ajụjụ achọrọ + ajụjụ nhọrọ) bụ 1000 (otu puku) okwu
Ajụjụ ndị aga-azarịrị achọrọ
Gịnị mere ị ji achọ isonye na Board of Trustees nke Wikimedia Foundation ? Gịnị ka ị ga-enye aka mee? Gịnị ka ị ga-achọ ịmụtakwu banyere?	N'ime afọ atọ gara aga m na-eje ozi na bọọdụ, amụtala m ọtụtụ ihe, mana otu ihe pụtara ìhè: mmezu nke ọdịdị ụwa anyị. Abụghị m onye ọhụrụ: ndezi mbụ m na Wikipedia bụ na 2004, enweela m ahụmịhe ọchịchị. Etinyere m aka ná nsonye mba ụwa ruo afọ iri. N'agbanyeghị nke ahụ, aghọtachaghị m ọdịdị zuru ụwa ọnụ anyị. Na nzukọ bọọdụ mbụ m, echetara m slaidi na-akọ akụkọ gbasara njide ndị Taliban weghaara Kabul - ihe omume na nso nso a n'oge ahụ. Nke a abụghị ihe m na-emebu! Ọ bụ ihe omume dị mkpa zuru ụwa ọnụ, na akwụkwọ akụkọ ọ bụla - mana ejighị m n'aka na ihe m na-eme na-emetụta ma ọ bụ na-emetụta ihe omume ndị a. Otu ihe ahụ na-aga na ngalaba otu anyị, nke nwere oke zuru oke na ụdị dị iche iche nke njem ụwa; na ihe ịma aka niile nke omenala, asụsụ, mpaghara oge na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ. Nsonye na bọọdụ mere ka echichem gbasara ngalaba otu anyị bawanye - yana ohere ijere ha ozi nke ọma. A na m atụ anya ịga n'ihu na-amụta n'aka obodo anyị gburugburu ụwa, na ịkwado ha n'ụzọ ọ bụla enwere ike.
Biko kọwaa ahụmịhe Wikimedia gị (dị ka ntunye imeerela n'ọrụ Wikimedia, nsonye n'Otu Wikimedia ma ọ bụ ndị mmekọ, ihe omume dị ka onye na-ahazi na Wikimedia, ma ọ bụ isonye na nzukọ ndị mmekọ Njem Wikimedia).	Emerem ndezi mbụ m na Wikipedia afọ iri abụọ gara aga, n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 2004. Kemgbe ahụ, abụm onye ndezi, onye nchịkwa na Wikipedia Itali, onye ọrụ afọ ofufo VRT, onye ọrụ bot. N'ozuzu, emeela m ihe karịrị ndezi otu nde , gụnyere ndezi bot. Ejerem ozi dị ka onye isi oche nke Wikimedia Italia, dị ka onye Fund Dissemination Committee ndalaba otu ahọpụtara, na abụ m onye osote onye isi oche nke bọọdụ WMF na Kọmitii Ngwaahịa & Teknụzụ.
Site n'echiche gị, gịnị ka Wikimedia Foundation kwesịrị ibute ụzọ n'ime afọ ise ruo iri na-abịanụ, ma gịnị mere iji hụ ndị a dị ka ihe ndị kachasị mkpa?	Otu ụdị ochie nke ụkpụrụ Wikimedia kwuru na "Ngalaba otu anyị bụ nnukwu akụ anyị", ma nke a bụ eziokwu. Ịkwalite obodo bụ isi ihe na-eme ka anyị na-aga n'ihu. Karịa nke ahụ, anyị niile kwesịrị ịghọta na anyị nwere njikọ na ịdabere na ibe anyị. Ịrụpụta ịdị n'otu na ịghọ ihe ka mma n'ige ibe anyị ntị dị oke mkpa. Ndị a bụ ihe ndị dị n'ime , mana anyị agaghị adị na nkewa. Ụwa na-agbanwe, ụzọ e si enweta ozi na-agbanwekwa. Ọ ga-emetụta otú ndị mmadụ si ewete Wikipedia, na ikike anyị nwere ịdọta ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na-enye onyinye. Ịghọta mgbanwe ndị a na ime mgbanwe dị mkpa.
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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