Derek, et al
I was not attacking Katy in any way.
I have now read Maggie's response (which I thank her for making), and
whilst from that response it may appear Katy is the best person for the
job, I still question what this "new, open approach" to recruitment at the
WMF entails...
Internal promotions with no advertizing and no interviews, etc indicates to
me there is no "new, open approach" to recruitment at the WMF. It certainly
would appear that this "new, open approach" that was touted by Lila has yet
to filter down to the wider WMF structures from the ED's office, or from
Boryana Dineva's office. Or were we being sold buzz words with no substance?
It is, of course, the WMF's right to do what it wants in terms of
recruiting and promotions but for all too long the WMF has been seen to be
an organization which favors insiders for recruitment needs.
It would have been good to see Katy sit in this position on a temporary
basis whilst a full open recruitment process was carried out...Wikimedia is
NOT the only community-driven organization out there, and for such an
important position as "Director" the WMF does itself a disservice not to
advertize for as many suitable applicants at possible.
Is Katy a good recommendation for the job as Director of Community
Resources? Sure. Is she the best person for the job? Only a fully
transparent approach to recruitment could possibly ascertain that.
It would still be great to get some words from WMF recruitment, or whatever
fanciful name they call themselves these days, on such issues.
Is Boryana Dineva back from leave yet? Perhaps she could address this "new,
open approach" to recruitment for us?
Kind regards,
Ruslan Takayev
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 10:31 PM, Derek V.Giroulle <
derekvgiroulle(a)wikimedia.be> wrote:
Asaf ,
First of all, by your definition of censorship then I must consider that
my reaction to
ruslanś message was censored, what makes ruslanś message immune for
censorship that
my reaction doesn't qualify for ?
so I reduced my criticism to the quote you made in the message below
Some of the _questions_ ruslan asked certainly were legitimate, also by my
standards
but i was not talking about his _questions_ ... i was criticizing some of
his "_statements_"
and "_remarks_", the implied comments had personal implications and thus
were directed
at Katy and that was what I qualified as disrespectful of a valuable
person.
Ruslanś _remarks_ were imho not questioning the WMF decisions or the
selection/decision proces,
he was attacking the outcome ... I read that in Maggieś response also
Derek
On 27-02-16 21:37, Asaf Bartov wrote:
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Derek V.Giroulle
<
derekvgiroulle(a)wikimedia.be> wrote:
I'm very sorry that Ruslan Takayev's message got through the moderation
IMHO his statement and remarks are not
respectful
I strongly disagree, Derek. That would have been outright censorship.
Ruslan
asked a perfectly legitimate and useful question; Maggie thought so
too, and provided a clear and informative response, which has the added
benefit of answering it for other people who may have had the same
question
as Ruslan but didn't express it.
Questioning WMF decisions, particularly with reference to our principles
or
to previous stated positions, is certainly appropriate and legitimate, and
does not constitute disrespect.
A.
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