"Activity units" are a reasonable proxy for volunteer hours. However it is an open question whether spending time on WMUK events is more productive than working on other projects.
On 6 March 2015 at 18:35, rexx rexx@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
We should be looking at indirectly estimating the impact WMUK has in each given time-period on its goal: "to promote and support the widest possible public access to, use of and contribution to Open Content of an encyclopaedic or educational nature or of similar utility to the general public, in particular the Open Content supported and provided by the Wikimedia Foundation."
I'd suggest that a decent estimate of the number of volunteer-hours devoted to WMUK events per month would be a really good starting point. See what the trend has been over time.
Volunteer involvement is the life-blood of WMUK. Anything else is unsustainable without that.
-- Rexx
On 6 March 2015 at 18:02, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com wrote:
What are your most important KPIs?
Rupert
On Mar 6, 2015 12:08 PM, "HJ Mitchell" hjmitchell@ymail.com wrote:
It would be something to welcome if that activity had moved elsewhere,
but as far as I can tell activity on the wiki is in decline as well.
Not to worry, though - as long as we're meeting our meaningless KPIs
I'm sure the FDC won't notice. Oh wait... Well, it's a good job we had that get-together last weekend so that the board could (pretend to) listen to the community's thoughts. Oh, wait... Well it's a good job WMUK has independent revenue streams. Oh, wait... Well, it's a good job we've still got those 200-odd volunteers from last year's Wikimania, they should help us tick some boxes for our KPIs. Oh wait...
Never mind, though. As long as the board keep their heads in the sand
it'll all be all right.
Harry Mitchell http://enwp.org/User:HJ Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 Skype: harry_j_mitchell
From: Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, 6 March 2015, 10:09 Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List participation
On 06/03/15 10:01, Gordon Joly wrote:
On 27/02/15 12:23, Tom Morris wrote:
Less mailing list activity should be something we welcome rather than worry about.
I am old school. I started nattering on the net in 1980, so old habits die hard (Usenet, Spuddy, WSMR, etc).
Gordo
"The wiki works better than email for content (examples, issues, brainstorms etc.) for numerous reasons."
Brainstorms?
I rest my case.
Gordo
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