Wikimedia Foundation elections/2024/Candidates/Deon Steyn/es

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El número total de palabras para toda la solicitud (incluyendo las preguntas requeridas y opcionales) es de 1000 (un mil) palabras
Detalles de los candidatos	Información personal: Nombre: Deon Steyn Ubicación: Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica Idiomas: Afrikáans, Inglés Editorial: Wikimedista desde: 2009 Wikis en donde el candidato está activo: Afrikáans, inglés
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?	Como alguien totalmente de afuera, la Wikipedia en Afrikáans solo ha tenido a un miembro permanente del personal en los últimos cuatro años, yo añadiré una nueva perspectiva. Siendo bien educado en negocios haré una diferencia. Quiero luchar por los derechos de las Wikipedias más pequeñas. Por ejemplo, en la Wikimanía de Ciudad de México (2015) pedí ayuda en dos asuntos, nunca recibí respuesta o solución alguna.
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).	He sido un usuario por los últimos 15 años y he creado 15,700 artículos en la Wikipedia en afrikáans y he hecho 234,000 ediciones. Estoy sirviendo en el capítulo WikimediaZA, sooy responsable de la Wikipedia en afrikáans desde 2014 y bajo mi liderazgo ha crecido a pasos agigantados. Actualmente somos la 69a Wikipedia más grande. Parte de mi estrategia de márketing incluye entrevistas en la radio, y ¡me enorgullece decir que dos estaciones de radio tienen entrevistas semanales con nosotros! También tuve éxito en conseguir 60,000 fotografías de flora del destacado botanista sudafricano Prof. Braam van Wyk. Él está actualmente subiendo todas las impagenes a Commons para ser usadas por todas las comunidades, esto llevará otros dos años para completarse. El año pasado, bajo mi liderazgo, hemos comenzado el Concurso de Escritura de Escuela Secundaria y en la competencia de 2024 nos hemos aliado con Rapport, el periódico nacional en afrikáans. PretoriaFM, una estación de radio, también se ha inscrito como socio. Esto le da a la Wikipedia en afrikáans un alcance nacional.
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?	Enfocarse en las Wikipedias más pequeñas, ya que también tienen buenas ideas. Enfocarse más en colaboraciones con universidades y escuela ya que, entre otras cosas, los costos de los libros de texto se están disparando, sin mencionar el impacto ambiental de imprimir libros. Prácticamente todas las personas tienen un teléfono móvil.
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 am running my own business. My business has to advise clients re safety, compile safety plans for events and present the files to the authorities to obtain the necessary permits. I have served as a member of the Engineering Council of South Africa where I was part of a team to decide on the Professional Status applications of Technologists. In my last job in the Corporate world I was a project manager for Siemens South Africa, running a R200 million signaling project between Kimberley and De Aar. The client was Transtel, South Africa. The duration of the project was two years, I have finished the project on time, within budget and with zero penalties! The permanent staff on site were 50 persons. Monthly meetings were held with the client, Siemens Financial Department, Logistics and the sub contractors.
Please describe your professional career experience.	I am a Technologist (Telecommunicatios) and have worked for Telkom SA for 20 years. I also hold a B.Com. Hons (Fin. Management) and is a qualified Safety Officer. I have also worked for Aberdare Cables (where I became a SME on Optic Fibre), Ericsson South Africa and Siemens South Africa as Project Manager.
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?	I have run training courses for new users. Due to my vision the Afrikaans Wikipedia has signed a MOU with the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns which gave us a base to operate from and much needed visibility. I have created the Campaigners for the Afrikaans Wikipedia campaign which 13 Afrikaans organisations have signed following 5 years of work. This will give us access to more resources including funding. I have just been given permission to do a presentation at the South African Teachers Union Organisation re Wikipedia following three years of persistence.
Please describe your educational background, including degrees, certificates, and courses of study finished, and their relevance to board work.	T6 (6 years) Technologist in Telecommunications. BCom Hons (Fin Management). SHEMTRAC - Safety Certificate.
Please add any relevant links describing your professional background, experience, profile (such as LinkedIn, staff page, etc.).	https://www.linkedin.com/in/deon-steyn-0a9a952a0/
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).	Unfortunately the Afrikaans Wikipedia is cut off from the rest of the World language wize. I have managed to communicate with the Dutch and Belgium Wikipedia's. Communication within Africa is non-existent.
Can you describe a policy, on wiki or off, that you helped to create or change? What did you learn from this experience?	Enforce that articles have the necessary sources. South African schools are still skeptical re Wikipedia and have articles with the proper sources are critical to get them to see the light.
How have you been able to empower people to make their voices heard?	I started by inviting people for coffee sessions, talk to them re the Afrikaans Wikipedia and listen to their side of the story. Then I have started a FB group where we put up a link to the weekly front page and invited them to become members. Then we fed them more and more info on our FB until they started to take part on Geselshoekie, our version of Village Pump. Most important, we treated their views with respect.
Sometimes in professional situations, there are personality conflicts. Explain how you remain productive even with personality conflicts.	I remind them to remember where they want to be, the end objective.
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?	The small Wikipedia's are ignored. A decision that works in Europe and America will not necessary work in Africa.
Verificación	Verificación realizada por el comité de elecciones o personal de la Fundación Wikimedia.
Verificación	Idoneidad: Verificado Verificado por: KTC (talk) 20:00, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]	Identificación: Verificado Verificado por: – NahidSultan (WMF) (talk) 07:06, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]