On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Bod Notbod bodnotbod@gmail.com wrote:
< holds up big WELCOME sign >
If I say that this sounds like a hugely important role the rest of the office will fold their arms and rightly harumph at me for the implied negation of their value, so I won't say that. But you can't keep up with Wikipedia news without being made constantly aware that gaining new editors is a serious business. I will be fascinated to see what you make of the ideas for volunteer recruitment we've had so far and any innovations you can come up with.
Congratulations and welcome to the other recent new hires as well.
It would be lovely if each of the new hires could guest post on the Foundation blog and/or write a page for Signpost once they've settled in and let us know what their average day is like and some insight into what they're working on. The staff is now getting to a size where even close followers of Wikimedia are liable to lose track. Some effort to keep the community feeling that they know all the staff would be much appreciated.
Hi Bod,
I like the idea of having some kind of "first month at WMF" post, especially from someone in a very community-facing position like Fabrice. Let's plan to do that in February. I don't think it's a blog post but we can broadcast it here and in a couple of places.
Cheers, Erik