Ah, I think it becomes clearer now. This is your preferred version, not
anything official, based on your interpretations.
Please show me, in amongst all the official documents released in relation
to the strategy, where it recommends that WMF employees should have
representation on the WMF Board of Trustees. Not as a suggestion from
someone, but something that has officially been agreed upon. I am sure I
don't need to remind you that the WMF is an American foundation and that it
is not required to meet the expectations of legislators in other countries.
I think the broad WIkimedia community would be up in arms at the thought
that a small group of about 500 people would have such proportionately high
representation compared to the broader community (through either
affiliate-selected or participant-selected seats).
And, having read your "revised" version....no, just no. Projects don't
belong there.
Risker/Anne
On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 at 22:24, Bill Takatoshi <billtakatoshi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Anne,
Thank you for both of your excellent questions.
1) In Germany, rank-and-file employees are required to be represented
in seat(s) on corporate boards of directors. Employee satisfaction is
off the scale compared to North America, as are advantages such as
healthcare untethered from employers, maternity and paternity leave,
substantially longer life expectancy, and reduced income inequality.
2) The projects were abstracted out of the org chart. Individually,
they exist in the "Editor" and "Operations" nodes. All of the
Wikimedia projects have editors, who use the services provided by the
Engineering Operations team.
I hope there is some way to get comment on the proposed org chart on
the list of proposed Board candidate questions without disclosing my
userid.
-Will
On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 6:58 PM Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Two questions, Bill.
1) Labour representation? Huh?
2) Where are the actual Wikimedia projects? I mean....all of this is
hubris if
the projects aren't on the org chart. They're the raison d'etre
of every aspect of the community.
Risker/Anne
On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 at 19:03, Bill Takatoshi <billtakatoshi(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Earlier today I tried to predict what the WMF org chart will look
> like, but I wasn't confident about my suggestion, so I created a new
> email account, subscribed it to wikimedia-l, and tried to send from
> there. I learned that new subscribers are moderated, which seems
> sensible given the level of trolling and disruption, and have since
> improved the prediction and become more confident about it. I have
> since learned that HTML email with embedded email attachments aren't
> allowed either, so, Moderators, please reject my earlier anonymous
> submission(s).
>
> This is what I predict the Wikimedia organizational chart will look
> like in one year's time:
>
>
https://i.ibb.co/HPzpqLt/WMF-orgchart.png
>
> Please critique it! If you are running for the Board of Directors, I
> am especially interested in your critique of this prediction.
>
> Thank you!
>
> -Will
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