[Foundation-l] Announcement: Jennifer Riggs leaves Wikimedia

[stevertigo]

Hi Sam,

Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:

> We could all use more qualitative prioritizing --
>  -What of our many activities are best furthering our [capital] Goals?
>  -Which of our side projects could really help our core 'project' work?
>  -What are the major needs shared by all parts of the community?
>  -What communities never learn how to contribute in the first place?
>  -- of these, which ones should we welcome first into the fold?

Among the major points I think we need to remember here is that we can
try to do and be too much. I know very well that you are the ambitious
type, just as you know very well that I am not. The issue thus seems a
lot about finding synergy or tensegrity between virtual people and
real people. With regard to economies and economic influence, there is
a variance between what

For example there is a variance between Wikimedia's spending power,
and the the average Wikipedian's spending power. Likewise there is
variance between Wikipedia's worth and Wikimedia's.

> I would personally love to see the subjective priority lists (say, a
> top-20 list) of What to Fix and what to do next, from many different
> Projects, WikiProjects, dev clusters and other community groups.
> Maybe we'll get to that in the Strategy Project -- but many people
> find that too abstract to contribute to at the moment.

This goes to the "more light than heat" issue, and the fact that we
are all here largely due to how "wiki technology" to some degree has
helped this ratio. Naturally, we are discussing the matter with
regards to our meta discussion forums, such as this list, and how to
solve these issues via increasingly more scrutinous means, if the
technological means continue to be inadequate.

> I don't know if she's reading this list, but you can discuss with her
> more directly.  Expressing personal interest is often a good way to
> learn what others think.

Looks like she was quite busy before she left. I emailed her about
this thread, so I imagine she might chime in if she feels up to it.

-Stevertigo