[Foundation-l] Why is the software out of reach of the community?

[mbimmler at gmail.com]

As you surely know, the work of all staff, including 'how they spend
money' is continuously assessed by the ED who in turn is evaluated by
the board. There is also 3rd party financial audit. What are you
hinting at?

Erik/Naoko: does the Stanton grant include a condition for (external)
specific program evaluation?


On 1/10/09, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
> Thank you Naoko.
>
> How can we be sure the money will be spent wisely?
>
> Obama recently appointed a Chief Performance Officer. Do you have someone
> providing similar oversight?
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Naoko Komura <nkomura at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Brian.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Why are so few community-developed mediawiki extensions used by the
>> > Foundation?
>> >
>>
>> The plan for Usability Initiative includes intensive reviews of MediaWiki
>> extensions which are already available.  Then we will enable candidate
>> extensions with some set of test data in the test and lab environment.
>> Community involvement is essential in validating which extensions to
>> adopt.
>>
>>
>> Usability test is targeted for users with no or little experience in
>> editing
>> Wikipedia and the goal is to identify interactive obstacles.  The proposed
>> solution will be tested for feedback similar way as testing existing
>> extensions.
>>
>> I also believe it is important to iterate the process above so that we can
>> reach out to as many as possible.
>>
>> The project page is in the plan and once it is up, I hope to exchange and
>> share ideas with the community.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> - Naoko
>>
>>
>>
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