I'm also in strong support of Maggie - no exception this time :)
Thyge
2016-02-26 19:08 GMT+01:00 Sydney Poore <sydney.poore(a)gmail.com>om>:
I completely agree with Maggie that promoting Katy
Love was the smart
decision. We need someone who can step in and quickly provide strong
leadership.
Sydney
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
Wikipedian in Residence
at Cochrane Collaboration
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Maggie Dennis <mdennis(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hello, Ruslan.
Yes, Katy is stepping into the role in a permanent, full-time basis.
Determining HR direction is not my role. :) Stating how the Board feels
about open hiring is also not my place (and I don't know). But I am happy
to share my own opinion.
While some roles will and should be filled in an open, public search,
some
roles may be appropriately filled by promoting
existing staff with a
proven
track record. The costs of hiring are not small,
both in the amount of
time
it takes to recruit and fill a position and the
amount of time it takes
to
onboard a new person. The leadership of our
resources team needs to be
filled quickly. Stability is important in the work they do. And we have a
person at hand who has been well trained for the role and successfully
worked with community on this basis for years. She is not being hired,
but
promoted - a promotion she has amply earned.
That said, the role Katy had previously filled will be an open new hire,
with opportunities for all to apply. It'll just take a little bit of time
to put the hiring packet together. We are also getting ready to open the
search for the replacement for the leadership of Community Engagement,
which I have taken in the interim - and for which I hope to see many
community applicants.
Best,
Maggie
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:01 AM, Ruslan Takayev <
ruslan.takayev(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Maggie, et al
>
> Is Katy "stepping into" the role on a full-time, permanent basis?
>
> I ask this question, as questions I asked relating to the "new, open
> approach" towards recruitment at the WMF are yet to be answered[1] and
I
> don't recall there being any
advertisements as a call for applications
to
fill
Siko's position.
TBH, this doesn't sound like a "new, open approach" towards recruitment
at
the WMF, but more of the same..."jobs for
the boys".
Comment would be welcome Maggie.
Warm regards,
Ruslan Takayev
[1]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/081677.html
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Maggie Dennis <mdennis(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hello, all.
I am delighted to announce that Katy Love has agreed to step into the
role
> of Director of Resources in the Community Engagement department,
picking
up
> the baton so ably carried by Siko Bouterse before her. Katy has been
with
the
Wikimedia Foundation since January 2013, beginning as the first
program
officer to work with the Funds Dissemination
Committee (FDC). I’m
grateful
> to her for moving into this role and am looking forward to
collaborating
> > with her closely in WMF’s Community Engagement department.
> >
> > We will be hiring her replacement to oversee the FDC/full annual plan
> > grants program in the weeks ahead.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Maggie
> >
> > P.S. Their page!
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Resources
> >
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