What kind of ED would you like to see?
* Someone who knows how the wiki works or atleast has basic knowledge on how to "edit" wikis.
* Someone who wants to work on "building" the encyclopaedia, not the bureaucratic side which our last ED was more focused on.
* Someone willing to work on improving the wiki by working on ways of creating and increasing our contributor base, we are seriously lacking in that sector..
* Someone who is so transparent that we could see right through them, secrecy is what got us in this mess in the first place.
* Someone willing to ensure that the board, the staff and the community work in 'unison' instead of the former 2 dictating their policies, views and choices onto the latter.
* Someone willing to take the hard stance and do what's right by the community instead of allowing the Board and other staff members to dictate the job for them..
* Someone who puts the Community first ALWAYS. (we do not want another issue like 'super-protect' ever again)
That is what I would like our ED to be ...we need an "Executive DIRECTor", not an "Executive FOLLOWer"
On 2/27/16, Greg Grossmeier greg@wikimedia.org wrote:
<quote name="Yuri Astrakhan" date="2016-02-27" time="03:45:28 +0300"> > Greg, agree 100%, but that's not how I understood the question and the > results of the staff survey. It seemed the staff expected the vision from > the ED/Management.
I think you're misinterpreting.
The agree/disagree statement was: "Senior leadership at Wikimedia have communicated a vision that motivates me" (7% agree)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-01-06/News_a...
See also, this quote in glassdoor, quoted in the Signpost as well: "The Executive Director unveils a new strategy every three months or so."
So, it's not that people wanted the vision solely from the ED/Management, it's that they wanted a not constantly changing one.
This is getting off topic, however.
The point is, a vision does not need to come from one person, which you agree with. A good vision comes from many people working together collaboratively. Then sticking with it to see it through. Consistency is needed in an ED.
Greg
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