Hi Delphine
This is all good material to discuss on the chat tomorrow. Will you be there?
Cheers
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On Feb 17, 2011, at 15:14 , Delphine Ménard wrote:
Hi all,
I am a bit...well, disappointed as to how we're working (or rather, not working).
I've worked on the roles matrix, as have a few others. I have actually finished the page I wanted to put together, or at least given it everything I wanted to give it, here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles/Roles_Matrix
I am however a bit stuck, for the following reasons, in no particular order and with no particular "examples" but rather a general "feeling".
time, I don't have as much time as I wished to do the stuff I'd like to do.
coordination: I'm lacking some transversal coordination, really. We
had an agenda, but we're way overdue on everything, and from my window, no-one seems to be responsible for making this go forward. I can't say that having someone remind us every other day what's supposed to happen on a given day would have made me go faster, but hey, it surely would have helped keep things in perspective. Right now our only check points are IRC meetings, where only half the people can make it, because of time constraints.
- Commitment: I know working on such abstract things is difficult,
but when people commit to doing stuff, it'd be nice if they actually did them. Whether they do them in time or not is another story, but making sure not to promise things that actually _do not_ get done would really make things much easier on everyone's motivation. If you can't, well, you can't, but then, please don't commit. If you're going to be late, say it (don't do like me and keep quiet while nothing happens ;)). I you can't commit any more, say it also. So that people don't wait on your part to start theirs or something.
- Timely response and comments. I know, life is a wiki, and our work
is too (TM). But there is nothing worse than having people _within this group_ react on things once they a) have been made public b) have been agreed upon by all others or c) have been put forward for comments for weeks and gotten no feedback. I wish we could, at least within the group, stick to commenting "timeframes" or so, so as to avoid talking with too many voices for a start. ie. when something from the group gets out, it represents the group, and anyone who does not agree should have either spoken up earlier, or shut up till the end of time :) (or something).
Well, I guess that's about it for my afternoon rant.
I am a bit worried that our very agressive agenda until the Berlin meeting was way too optimistic. At the same time, there isn't much time left if we want to present something susceptible of getting anywhere for Wikimania...
Anyway, I've kind of finished my first bit, but I am at a loss as to how to present it in an email that captures attention and brings contributions... Any help is appreciated.
Cheers,
Delphine
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