[foundation-board] OKI board recruitment - update & issues for decision
Jane Silber
jane.e.silber at gmail.com
Thu May 10 21:27:10 UTC 2018
Hi Tim -
It's not clear to me what the actual questions are, but I'll give it a
shot -
"1. *Interview the final/proposed candidates. *Ideally we woule
obviously have both of you talk to all of them but if we are looking at
4 people, that would involve a lot of logistics. Another options might
be you speak to the ones neither of you know (that would be Jarmo I
think at the moment and with the current top list), or both interview 2
each, maybe the people you don't know (for example that could be in
current top list: Helen - Vicky and Ira, Jane- Johnny and Jarmu). What
would you prefer and what availablity would you have next week ideally"
I would prefer to understand why it's ideal that Helen and I both
interview everyone and I'd like to understand the goal of what I'm being
asked to do (you are implying it's an independent confirmatory interview
but I didn't get that from Karin's email). I'm happy to help if it adds
value; I'm not happy to spend time interviewing for the sake of
interviewing, or to interview people I already have interviewed, people
I recommended for the role, or people I already know.
I have some time Wed and Thurs of next week
"2. *Rufus *joining the Board - I think we are all on the same page
about bringing him on. There are questions however including how do we
manage that (clarity with him about his role and approach), and what
does that mean in terms of numbers (see below), and does this change
anything about the candidates/skills mix?"
I have already stated that I'm supportive of Rufus joining the board.
Karin states that there are questions and then lists a few. I.e,
- how do we manage that? I think we simply bringhim on Boardand don't
see what needs to be managed
- how we we get clarity about his role and approach? His role is as a
member of the Board, just like others. I don't think we try to manage
his approach,just as we don't try to manage the approach of other Board
members.
- what does this mean in terms of numbers? I think he is simply taking
one of the open seats on the Board.
- does this change anything about the candidates/skills mix? I don't
know what mix you have been searching for so can't say if it changes.
However, he clearly bringsdeep OKI domain knowledge and vision, and so
if another candidate needs to be bumped out of consideration based on
that duplication then I would bump Irina out.
"3. *Numbers* - Are we agreed we looking for an 7 member board
evenutally? If so we need to recruit 5 now to cover Jane's departure and
evenutally mine too. We can always hire more, but we gettting rid is
harder..." Yes, 7 people on the Board sounds fine. I don't think we need
to take 5 right now though if there aren't sufficient good candidates.
The email states that the names given aren't actually your
recommendation so I don't know who or how many are being put forward.
But it looks as if you have at least 4 that are solid, and possibly
more. If you only have 4 that you want on the Board, then we should
appoint those 4 and add in a 5th later in the year. If you have 5 that
you recommend, then we should appoint all 5. I even think that if you
have 6 good candidates, then we could take all 6. Hope that helps - Jane
On 10/05/18 21:57, Tim Hubbard wrote:
> yThanks Jane,
>
> Point taken on the diminishing value of serial interviews, although to
> be clear Karin, Shireen and I interviewed together, so our views are
> not based on independent interviews. When I talked to the candidate
> you proposed for the Viderum board I saw it more as a final
> independent check than another interview. Maybe its fine, but as Karin
> wrote if we make a mistake its hard to remove someone.
>
> You didn’t respond to the numbers question though. Would be good to
> know what you think on this.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tim
>
>> On 10 May 2018, at 21:04, Jane Silber <jane.e.silber at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jane.e.silber at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi -
>>
>> Looks like there's a strong field to choose from - well done to Karin
>> and Tim.
>>
>> I'm a little confused about how to respond to be honest. Karin says
>> "Ideally we would obviously have both of you talk to all of them",
>> but I'm not sure why that is ideal. In my experience the value of
>> further interviews declines dramatically after the first couple-
>> little new information is learned, the candidate generally just
>> repeats things already said, and it slows the process. If the goal is
>> to give me a chance to input or to get my buy in or to allow me to
>> sign off on the new board members, thank you! I appreciate that. But
>> you've already got my buy in/sign off and I trust the combined wisdom
>> of Karin and Tim.
>>
>> If there's a tough call between 2 candidates and would like help
>> breaking a tie, I'd be happy to help out. But I'm not sure I see
>> value in my interviewing all the candidates the rest of the Board
>> already prefers, particularly given my pending departure.
>>
>> Let me know if I've gotten something wrong here
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jane
>>
>>
>> On 10/05/18 19:59, Tim Hubbard wrote:
>>> Dear Jane, Helen,
>>>
>>> It would be great to get some feedback on the questions below so
>>> Karin and I can discuss how to proceed after last two interviews
>>> tomorrow night and before Karin goes out of action.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>>> On 8 May 2018, at 18:09, Karin Christiansen
>>>> <karin at karinchristiansen.org <mailto:karin at karinchristiansen.org>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Jane, Helen, Andrew, Mark and Paul
>>>>
>>>> Tim, Shireen and I thought it would be good to give everyone *an
>>>> board recruitment update, which is set out below.* But the topline
>>>> is it looks like we have some good people and an interesting and
>>>> useful mix looks very possible. Tim and I have interviewed 6 so
>>>> far (but these came top of our longlisting), and have another 3 to
>>>> go this week, andwill be able to put forward a formal proposal week
>>>> commencing 14th May 2018.
>>>>
>>>> However, I am probably out of action next week (have an operation
>>>> on Monday, small but still not sure how I will be next week)so,
>>>> _*Jane and Helen - ifwe still want the new Board members to be in
>>>> place and attend our meeting on 12th June 2018, thenwe need your
>>>> urgent feedback on:*_
>>>>
>>>> 1. *Interview the final/proposed candidates. *Ideally we woule
>>>> obviously have both of you talk to all of them but if we are
>>>> looking at 4 people, that would involve a lot of logistics. Another
>>>> options might be you speak to the ones neither of you know (that
>>>> would be Jarmo I think at the moment and with the current top
>>>> list), or both interview 2 each, maybe the people you don't know
>>>> (for example that could be in current top list: Helen - Vicky and
>>>> Ira, Jane- Johnny and Jarmu). What would you prefer and what
>>>> availablity would you have next week ideally
>>>>
>>>> 2. *Rufus *joining the Board - I think we are all on the same page
>>>> about bringing him on. There are questions however including how do
>>>> we manage that (clarity with him about his role and approach), and
>>>> what does that mean in terms of numbers (see below), and does this
>>>> change anything about the candidates/skills mix?
>>>> 3. *Numbers* - Are we agreed we looking for an 7 member board
>>>> evenutally? If so we need to recruit 5 now to cover Jane's
>>>> departure and evenutally mine too. We can always hire more, but we
>>>> gettting rid is harder...
>>>> Many thanks
>>>> Karin
>>>> _Update as of today (we do more interivews this Thurs and Friday) -
>>>> for info, we will have a formal proposal on 14th but thought you
>>>> might want to have a look. _
>>>> 1. Rufus 2. Vicky Brock
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SOGv0WHoB1gNumO2ZuLOtNuWghHaiW_K?usp=sharing>
>>>> 3. Jarmo Eskelinen
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wet1lsPOtUm1p_Y7B2VuwR0WnNE6JZQm?usp=sharing>
>>>> 4. Johnny West <https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-west-2509098/>
>>>> 5.Irina Bolychevsky
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/134cKvjoxfP5wkBO1GtMV1pBrXY7EBUIP?usp=sharing>
>>>> Of the others interviewed, Cristian Parrino
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UxZhHGe1R36CZsXIyykWJun1WjUyesIQ?usp=sharing>
>>>> and and Rob Minto
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ofZraM3RDXX5DY0yqK9Op24HOaluI66V?usp=sharing>
>>>> offer key commercial and communication expertise respectively and
>>>> in addition to being possible candidates for the Board roles, could
>>>> also be considered for advisory/consultancy type roles.
>>>> Irina does not have the same level of senior leadership experience
>>>> that the other candidates have, however, she brings a deep
>>>> understanding of the open sector, Open Knowledge itself and a fresh
>>>> perspective on Open having operated at an international level and
>>>> with Governments in this space.
>>>> Given the breadth of leadership and governance experience the
>>>> current Board members possess, we believe we are well placed to
>>>> take on and support one new member in their first governance role
>>>> and can do so with Irina. This issue also applies to Rufus of
>>>> course but in a rather different way.
>>>> Of the others, Cristian Parrino
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UxZhHGe1R36CZsXIyykWJun1WjUyesIQ?usp=sharing>
>>>> and and Rob Minto
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ofZraM3RDXX5DY0yqK9Op24HOaluI66V?usp=sharing>
>>>> offer commercial and communication expertise respectively and in
>>>> addition to being possible candidates for the Board roles, could
>>>> also be considered for advisory/consultancy type roles.
>>>> We have another three candidates to interview are:
>>>> 1.Alice Wiegand
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1NGXvDEbMFqnRGfZTqT3cV4O87T6bHMC4?usp=sharing>
>>>> 2. Vanessa Barnett
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pW2u_cPNO0fiXf4Pr1JRyCcq15L5b-mh?usp=sharing>
>>>> 3. Adam Burns
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-DfSXXxEkziIjD9_LQgZrEusNriiTMyc?usp=sharing>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> *--------*
>>>>
>>>> Karin Christiansen
>>>>
>>>> karin at karinchristiansen.org <mailto:karin at karinchristiansen.org>
>>>>
>>>> 07816839533
>>>>
>>>> @_karin_c
>>>>
>>>> Karin16b
>>>>
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