Rob, I think that you and I are asking similar questions. Hopefully, WMF will be able to
explain how this position as currently described will exist in harmony with the current
distributed nature of training programs, instead of being a step on the way to
internalizing programs in WMF and building up a central staff to develop and run these
programs. If WMF wants to fund more work in this area, which I think could be beneficial,
then I think that the better way to go would be to enhance support for affiliates and
community members in leading training development, perhaps by running a grant campaign
with training as a theme.
Pine
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-------- Original message --------From: Robert Fernandez <wikigamaliel(a)gmail.com>
Date: 7/15/18 8:44 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List
<wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Concerns about
WMF's "Manager of Community
Development" job posting
On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 2:00 AM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
1. It sounds like WMF intends to centralize the
training and leadership development work that in recent years has largely been done by
affiliates and grantees, meaning that affiliates should probably expect budget cuts, and
individual grants that have been used for outreach work would also probably be reduced as
WMF moves to take over this type of work.
My chapter is unaware of any of this type of work that we do that will
be taken over by the Foundation and we don't believe that a single
paid position at the Foundation will somehow lead to the elimination
of any of our many events or programs in these areas. We welcome more
support from the Foundation in these areas. Could you provide a
specific example of a program by any chapter that will be absorbed
into this position?
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