(changing the topic, to avoid doing myself what I criticise) I would suggest you discuss what kind of qualities you seek in an ED, what kind of person you would be looking for - rather than specific people. That would actually be an interesting and valuable discussion to have in public, I'd think.
Public discussions are good, but not every topic is best discussed in public (like specific people: there's a reason votes on people are generally secret). That doesn't mean that every non-public discussion leads to good results :) In the wikiworld I know, when people are being discussed, they often nominated themselves, or agreed to be nominated. I know this may be different on enwiki to some extent, maybe that's a cultural trait. I haven't encountered this in any other wiki (but may have missed a few).
But a good framework that came out of a public discussion, may help the non-public discussion about the names a lot.
Anyway, just my two cents. I can't stop you from shouting names of course...
Best, Lodewijk
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:23 AM, Yuri Astrakhan yastrakhan@wikimedia.org wrote:
Lodewijk, this is a very valid point, thanks. My understanding is that this process done in private has lost some of its credibility with the staff and the community, and thus I would like to get some understanding on how we can do that same process in the open, without offending anyone. In the wiki world, I think most of the time people have publicly nominated candidates for various roles, and that has not been a concern. Of course the nick names provide some degree of anonymity, so this might not be exactly the same.
On Feb 27, 2016 01:57, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
While I love public discussions, I must say I always feel a bit awkward
to
discuss people in public, unless there is no other choice.
To discuss people without them agreeing to it, may even be considered
rude
by some. You're throwing up names, which can realistically only lead to people supporting it, because if you would be against it, it would
possibly
be a slap in the face of someone you like.
If you really see a serious potential candidate, why not send it to the board? or, once a public call is being made, point those people to it.
Lodewijk
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Yuri Astrakhan <
yastrakhan@wikimedia.org
wrote:
For the inside, I would think Yana W would be a good candidate, but as
Raul
Veede suggested on FB, it would be bad to loose her expertise in her current role.
Dan, I think you are right that we are not yet ready to have a drop-in replacement simply because we should figure out what went wrong first. Possibly we shouldn't even have an ED, but rather have a flatter community-driven committee that allocates funds, and projects getting resources from it. And this committee would, in affect, be the direction-determining force.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Oliver Keyes ironholds@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm agreed with Dan and Nathan (well, Nathan's implied point) both.
Right now we need stability. I'd much prefer an interim ED appointed from inside the organisation or movement, ideally someone who has
been
watching what's been going on. And then time for healing and reflection in that space of stability that lets us make a better decision.
I have no particular opinions on Lessig - or on Creative Commons - except to note that the organisational leaders are the people whose opinions on trauma around reorganisations least matter, insofar as, structurally, they are both the people least likely to be messed over by them and the people most detached from any swirling mass of
feeling
that exists in the employee base. I'd be interested instead in
hearing
from current or former employees (I know a couple and they are not as positive, but it's a small sample size) to make any evaluation more informed.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:59 PM, Dan Andreescu <
dandreescu@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I met him, he's amazingly focused and radical, I appreciate his
brand
of
intellect very much. But I think suggesting candidates for the ED
position
at this time is jumping two steps ahead of where we are.
We just screwed up. We were all dragged through months of an
awkward
collapse of our leadership and organizational structure. Before we
start
piling the rubble of this collapse back up into the same exact shape
with a
different keystone, let's take a breath and think.
First we should make sure we understand what, more or less, failed.
It
was not just Lila. Second, we should talk about what options we have
and
what criteria we should use to evaluate those options.
We can be patient. We have reaffirmed our respect for each other
and
we
trust each other enough to share ideas, emotions, and proposals. This
is
our foundation, and it hasn't collapsed.
Original Message From: Yuri Astrakhan Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 16:47 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Reply To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF
I would like to continue the discussion of who, in an ideal case,
would
be
a good fit for the ED position. This person has to fit culturally,
share
movement's values, and be a trusted figure in the time of
rebuilding.
Lawrence Lessig seems to have a very strong support in the
community,
and
even attempted to run (unsuccessfully) a large organization called
United
States.
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