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20 Jun 2016

I would urge caution at reading too much into the A.T.Kearney study. It is
quite plausible that companies in trouble may decide they need a
turn-around specialist, almost certainly an outsider. While some will
succeed, companies in trouble are almost certainly going to underperform
those that were not in trouble. Thus, hiring a homegrown CEO may be a
result of good management, not a cause.
Sphilbrick

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    1. Re: Community survey to support the WMF ED search starts
       right now (Peter Southwood)
    2. somja (Gerard Meijssen)
    3. Re: Invitation to “Engaging local Wikipedians” and
       “German Wikipedia” Workshop at Wikimania (Tanweer Morshed)
    4. Recognition of Kentucky Wikimedians (Carlos M. Colina)

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 The Kearney report rings true for me.
 Cheers,
 Peter

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 From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On
 Behalf Of rupert THURNER
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 starts right now

 hi,

 2011 A T Kearney published a study saying that hiring a homegrown CEO let
 a company outperform other companies. also price waterhouse coopers
 Strategy& and RHR international come to similar conclusions:
 *

https://www.atkearney.com/documents/10192/529727/Home-Grown_CEO.pdf/bbba713…
 * http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news-archive/17975.html
 *

 http://www.rhrinternational.com/sites/default/files/V25N1-CEO-Succession-Ma…
 * (de)

http://www.finews.ch/themen/karriere/23186-korn-ferry-stefan-steger-ceo-nac…
 hiring an outsider CEO has the following effects:
 * higher compensation
 * greater risk profile
 * wrong expectations about business area and its specifics

 best
 rupert

 On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Fæ &lt;faewik(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

  Thank you! Hopefully there will be a good range
of viewpoints!

 I look forward to reading a summary of the feedback!

 Fae

 On 16 June 2016 at 11:25, Alice Wiegand &lt;awiegand(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote:
  Update: The survey is still open!
 In order to hear from more people, the search team decided to hold
 the ED search survey [1] open until Friday, June 17. If you haven’t
 already, please take a few minutes to fill it out before then.

 Thank you for your participation!

 [1] - ED Search Survey:
 https://wikimedia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5hVS2mJTcJNCxBX

 Alice.

 On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Nikola Kalchev <  nikola.kalchev(a)gmail.com&gt;
  wrote:

> As a patroller on my homewiki I can say that 15 of the 50 most
> active editors according to stats.wikimedia.org would be capable of
> answering  the
 > questions in one of the ten languages. Those
are the people who  translate
 > articles from the ten languages of the survey
(13 from English, 2
> from Russian). Ask a few more patrollers from other communities,
> multiply by  the
 >> number of very active editors on those wikis and divide by the
 >> number of asked patrollers :). It is not impossible to get a rough 
estimate.
   > Best regards,
> User:Lord Bumbury / Nikola Kalchev
> Wikimedians of Bulgaria, a Wikimedia CEE Spring international
> organiser
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak
> &lt;darekj(a)alk.edu.pl&gt;
> wrote:
>
>  
>  > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Nikola Kalchev <
 nikola.kalchev(a)gmail.com
 >>   >> > wrote:
 >>   >> >> Dariusz, thank
you for your clarification. I understand that
 >> translations
 >> >> take time.
 >> >>
 >> >> Would you please elaborate on the assumption that the most
 >> >> important principle of the ED search committee was speed and not,
 e.g.
  >> participation
 >> >> of a larger part of the community? What would the bad effects of
 >> >> a 2
 >> months
 >> >> longer search on the WMF be?
 >> >>
 >>   >> > The assumption is
that any organization under an interim leader
 >> > is basically frozen. An interim leader is unlikely to make any 
change.
  Also,
 > > one of the gripes of the past was a long
(way over a year)
> > process of  ED
 > > searching. The ED search team wants to
avoid repeating this.
>  
>  
>  
>  > >>
> >> I fear that user groups will be underrepresented again (another 
notable
 > >> example is the number of
representatives at the WMCON with
> >> chapters
> having
> >> up to four participants and user groups exactly one). There are
> >> 59  user
 > >> groups and (as well as I could
count) only 10 of them will be
> >> able to participate at the survey in their own language. Why was
> >> the opinion  of
 > 49
> >> user groups considered less worth that a delay of two months?
> >>
>  > > I think the main assumption
may have been that there will be  decreasing
 > > differences - that is, the differences
between the views
> > expressed in  the
   > 10
major languages will not be big in general. Of course, we will
 > see whether there are significant differences within these 10.

   > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 5:16 PM,
Yaroslav M. Blanter
 > &lt;putevod(a)mccme.ru 
> >  wrote:
>  > >> Whereas I fully
understand and partially share the sentiment,
> >> may I please repeat the question I asked on this list in
> >> relation to a  similar
 >> >> topic some time ago. Could we estimate a number of active
 >> >> community
 >> members
 >> >> (whom we would reasonably expect to participate in the survey)
 >> >> who do
 >> not
 >> >> speak any of the languages to which the survey was translated,
 >> >> to the
 >> point
 >> >> that their ability to fill in the survey would depend on the 
others?
  If
 > >> this is a considerable number, or if
it is less significant but
> >> considerably compromises on the representation, which languages
> >> do  these
 > >> community members speak?
> >>
> >>
> > Yaroslav's question is a good one - I don't know from the top of
> > my  head
 > > how to estimate this easily. However,
let me repeat: we are
> > asking
> general
> > questions, and the results are not binding. It is not an issue of
> > representation. I doubt if there will be huge cultural
> > differences to  the
   >
extent that the questionnaire would bring different results if 10
 > more languages were added, mainly because I think that wiki-world
 > is quite hermetic and has a culture of its own.

 > cheers,
   > dj

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 Hi Martin,

 Thanks for sharing the news. I am keen to participate at the “Engaging
 local Wikipedians” workshop. Would you please ensure me whether I can share
 some of the learning we (as a community in Bangladesh) have attained
 regarding engaging the diverse local Wikipedians?

 Regards,
 Tanweer

 On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 3:50 AM, Martin Rulsch &lt;martin.rulsch(a)wikimedia.de
   wrote:

 > Hi Wikimaniacs!
   > Wikimania is just around the corner
and many people looking forward to
 the
  wide range of topics. Following the general idea
of sharing knowledge  about
 > best practices, the Volunteer Support Department of Wikimedia Deutschland
 > warmly invites you to the pre-conference workshops “Engaging local
 > Wikipedians” and “German Wikipedia”.
   > *“Engaging local Wikipedians”
workshop*
   > The German Chapter supports several
groups with the installation,
 funding,
 > and support of local spaces where community members can sozialize, write
 > articles, plan projects, share knowledge, start cooperations, teach new
 > editors, and so one. These are places where Wikipedians have a face.
   > Several local groups will hold
lightning talks about their activities.
 > Further, a study by Wikimedia Deutschland on the local spaces will be
 > presented. Nevertheless, getting local Wikipedians together does not only
 > work in actual rooms but in several other ways, fitting to the respective
 > needs of the communities and general conditions. One solution for example
 > is the Kumusha Bus that educates several communities in Africa about the
 > Open Movement. Of course, organizing student groups for Wikipedia in
 > several cities is another one.
   > We warmly invite you to share your
experiences in this workshop. Learning
 > from each other is the main goal of this workshop.
   > Basic information for “Engaging local
Wikipedians” workshop:
   >    - Date: Thursday, 23 June
 >    - Time: 9.30–13.00
 >    - Place: Villa Rogo (20 min away from the center)
 >    - Find more information on

 https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop:_Engaging_local_Wikipedia…
   > *“German Wikipedia” workshop*
   > The community of the German-language
Wikipedia is one of the most active
 > ones in the Wikiverse. Several volunteers will attend Wikimania this year
 > and prepared presentations on a broad variety of topics they are
 interested
 > in, from a presentation of the Young Wikipedians group to a photography
 > workshop focused on flashes.
   > They warmly invite you into the
German house, the Villa Rogo, to the
 > “German Wikipedia” workshop that follows the previous “Engaging local
 > Wikipedians” workshop (we plan to serve Italian pasta for you in our
 > kitchen ;-)).
   > If you ever wanted to know what the
German community is doing, or when
 you
  are curious what their affairs of the heart are,
join this workshop and  be
 > excited!
   > Basic information for “German
Wikipedia” workshop:
   >    - Date: Thursday, 23 June
 >    - Time: 14.00–18.00
 >    - Place: Villa Rogo (20 min away from the center)
 >    - Find more information on
 >    https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Workshop:_German_Wikipedia
   > If you have any question, please
don't hesitate to contact me.
   > Best,
 > Martin
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 > Team Ideenförderung
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 > Tel. (030) 219 158 26-0
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 Dear all,

 It is my pleasure to announce the recognition of a new Wikimedia User
 Group in the United States: Kentucky Wikimedians [1]

 Their efforts are focused on providing support to those in Kentucky who
 are interested in creating and expanding content in the different
 Wikimedia projects. They have already organized some meetups and plan to
 expand their activities in the state.

 Welcome!

 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Wikimedians_User_Group

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