On 2 April 2015 at 17:48, Andreas Kolbe jayen466@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...]
Although the information in the report was originally gathered in
response
to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel
there
are development areas. [...]
We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback.
Thanks,
Katherine
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to
Juliet
Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing!
Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of a change in communication style, I like it.
Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf is very nicely done).
I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture" look at the WMF I have seen: accomplishments, plans, honest assessments of challenges. Thanks very much!
Risker/Anne