[foundation-board] Open Knowledge Executive Director search

Mon Dec 8 20:18:03 UTC 2014

+1 to Jane's points. I would also imagine that they could already do some
prep on the long-listing before the final date as I imagine some people
will have submitted well in advance.

Rufus

On 8 December 2014 at 09:18, Jane Silber <jane.silber at canonical.com> wrote:

>  I agree with Rufus that these seems drawn out.
>
> It's
>     * 5 more weeks till PL puts together a list. Yes, there are 2 weeks of
> holiday in there, but remember there is no interviewing on their part and
> they've been working on this step for 3+ weeks already.  That's
>     * 5 weeks for PL to interview the long list.  Long list will likely be
> ~10-15 people.  I believe they should be able to do more than 2-3
> interviews per week, even with scheduling difficulties.   I think this is
> an area that could and should be significantly reduced. (I suspect they are
> spreading it out because they are working on many searches at the same
> time, but I also suspect that the demanding clients receive the most
> attention and that we're better served by challenging rather than accepting
> their timelines)
>
> Is it possible to do long list review around 8-9 Jan, shortlist review 26
> Jan, and then formal interviews early Feb?
>
> Jane
>
>
>
>
> On 05/12/14 16:50, Rufus Pollock wrote:
>
> Dear Karin,
>
>  This generally sounds very good. My one question would be whether we can
> move up the timeline at all - so that e.g. we were looking at formal
> interviews at end of Jan / very early Feb? (e.g. if Longlist was w/c 5th,
> and shortlist was starting some time between 19th and 29th with formal
> interviews in first week of Feb? (Assuming some slippage plus a 3m+ lag
> from actual appointment to being in post this would mean we have someone
> starting mid-May vs June/July ...).
>
>  Rufus
>
> On 5 December 2014 at 10:41, Karin Christiansen <k.christiansen at party.coop
> > wrote:
>
>>  Hi all, I have some good updates from PL. Please let me know if you
>> would like to see them.
>>
>>  In terms of the next steps, we need to establish the panel so we can
>> get the timeline sorted. Please shout now if you have problems with the
>> below. Particularly Jane and Helen as I am programming in 1.5 days of your
>> time in this proposal!
>>
>>  So:
>> ·         The panel should be a maximum of four people.  I discussed with
>> PL and the suggestion me and Daniel Dietrich for sure, then probably Jane
>> Silber, and Helen Turvey.
>>
>>  ·         Rufus will attend the Longlist and Shortlist meeting, but not
>> the formal panel interview; he will however be involved at the final stages
>> and this can be discussed in further detail at the Shortlist Review meeting
>>
>>  ·         We will need the panel to be available for the following
>> meetings as per the attached timetable:
>>
>>  o    Longlist Review meeting – 2 hours in w/c 12th January
>>
>>  o    Shortlist Review meeting – 2 hours in w/c 16th February
>>
>>  o    Formal interviews – a full day in w/c 23rd February
>>
>>  ·         Sophia has I think now discussed with Daniel about ways in
>> which to involve the community in the process.
>>
>>  Best
>>  Karin
>>
>>
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