Please consider, Gerard: Maybe it is time you stopped explaining to us all what is and isn't the point.
A.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
<grin> It is not that I am not with Brion. </grin> The problem is multi faceted and I do not pretend that I know personell and how Lila is appreciated. I am talking about community and about perceptions and maybe a bit of the sociology of all this.
Being for or against is not the point, hearing arguments where they are made is at issue. If all we can do is state positions and let the dice role, a lot more people will be hurt than necessary. Thanks, GerardM
On 22 February 2016 at 06:04, Anna Stillwell astillwell@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'm with Vibber. He has seen things clearly.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, Where have you been when the search was on for a new director for the WIkimedia Foundation? It was the vision that Lila refers to that made
her
the chosen candidate. The fact that people object, frustrate and
sometimes
sabotage is an unfortunate micro level consequence of what is
happening.
Yes, we as a community are extremely self serving, we care for our own hobby horses and we do not consider the impact of this narrow
mindedness.
It makes what Lila stand for one enemy, others who have differing objectives are at best ignored because arguments do not really matter,
are
ignored or are refuted by quoting the same old old. Thanks, GerardM
On 22 February 2016 at 05:38, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Lila's statement of her vision for WMF is compelling and attractive.
If
properly and faithfully executed, it seems like it would make just
the
right adjustments to the culture of the WMF and its interaction with
and
support of the Wikimedia community. I have long been concerned that a number of positions at the WMF amounted to sinecures, or at least
returned
little value to the projects in exchange for resources expended. It
seems
logical to me that such a radical change, even well enacted, would
prompt
discontent and departures from the organization.
That said, I'm not convinced that this paradigm shift has been
handled
well
by the WMF executive team and the board. First and foremost, this
statement
from Lila is the best explanation given anywhere that I'm aware of describing the shift within the WMF. That is not good. Second, it
appears
that the work has not been done to get key members of the paid team
and
volunteers on board with this process. This is another very
substantial
failure.
For anyone who believes that Lila's vision statement is right for the future of the WMF, these unforced errors should cause serious
anguish -
needed changes might be lost or avoided because incompetent execution
of
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