Dear friends,
Dear friends of open and free knowledge,
Let us raise the bar,
To the level of positive and constructive,
Don't bite the newcomers,
Assume good faith.
Keep a good balance,
Between work and life,
Don't do overtime without prior authorization,
Enjoy your weekend.
Meet friends and family,
Engage in meaningful discourse,
Go on a hike, walking or biking,
Enjoy fresh air.
Find a mentor and a coach,
If you don't have one,
Start journaling for a daily
Reflection on accomplishment,
And to record your gratitude.
Be nice to your boss,
The next one maybe worse.
Acknowledge that we live,
In a complex and confusing world,
Rapidly changing both within,
And outside the Wikimedia movement.
From my perspective I do not,
Question the
ability of the BoT,
To rubberstamp decisions based on,
Recommendations by the FDC.
Join the pilot or experiment at,
Https://discourse.wmflabs.org ,
And set your preferences for
Categories to watch or unwatch,
And mute whatever you like.
There are so many positions unfillled,
That I don't recommend to open more,
Before I have asked suggestions,
From each of you for who would be:
A great CTO at the Wikipedia Foundation A great leader of Community
Or someone to fill the BoT seat,
Vacated by Arnnon Geshuri.
Have a nice weekend,
Ad Huikeshoven
Op 19 feb. 2016 22:11 schreef "Sam Klein" <sjklein(a)hcs.harvard.edu>du>:
Dear Siko,
I was trying to phrase something like this, but you beat me to it. This
discussion gives me hope.
Siko writes:
Ido, Ori, Sydney, Shani, Ben, Delphine, Gayle,
thank you for your
boldness
and wisdom in this thread. I know how rarely some
of us speak on this
list,
and I appreciate you raising your voices here,
now. I need to believe
that
the power of the collective leadership that so
many volunteers and staff
are showing here will ultimately be strong enough to ensure that the
Wikimedia Foundation has the leadership that its mission deserves.
Thank you to Ori, Dan, Brion, and other staff for sharing your thoughts
over the past days, and dispelling some of the mystery and uncertainty.
To the board, please engage. We are in this together, and depend on one
another. Have an honest conversation with the staff and community about
the immediate problems, let us find a way forward. Dariusz, don't fall
silent – we need your perspective.
Delphine writes:
<epic snip>
We freaking built an encyclopedia, of course we can take care of it
without
having to fear everyone and their brother! And
while an organisation is
not
a wiki, and revert not always an option, I'm
pretty sure that
More to be said here, but first: I hope you will finish this thought.
Sam
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