On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
Nemo, my position is that it shouldn't be being done at all because the request is outside of the FDC's scope, and that assessment is done, then community assessment will be more useful than a quasi-official, partial assessment by a conflicted group that isn't "staff", has no experience using the analytical metrics, and doesn't have the wherewithal to do a complete the full assessment. The FDC does not have its own staff; it has WMF staff appointed to assist them by creating staff assessments, in accord with the FDC structure approved by the Board. The FDC doesn't get to pick who does the assessments.
Risker, I understand your view. However, we believe that there is value in having a spectrum of views, and also in not putting WMF staff in a position where they assess a project which includes their own department. WMDE staff has a lot of experience in using different metrics, and understands our movement. The FDC can request any the movement stakeholders specifically for comments, and so it did.
best,
dariusz "pundit"