Hoi,
<grin> It is not that I am not with Brion. </grin> The problem is multi
faceted and I do not pretend that I know personell and how Lila is
appreciated. I am talking about community and about perceptions and maybe a
bit of the sociology of all this.
Being for or against is not the point, hearing arguments where they are
made is at issue. If all we can do is state positions and let the dice
role, a lot more people will be hurt than necessary.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 22 February 2016 at 06:04, Anna Stillwell <astillwell(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
I'm with Vibber. He has seen things clearly.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Gerard Meijssen <
gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi,
Where have you been when the search was on for a new director for the
WIkimedia Foundation? It was the vision that Lila refers to that made her
the chosen candidate. The fact that people object, frustrate and
sometimes
sabotage is an unfortunate micro level
consequence of what is happening.
Yes, we as a community are extremely self serving, we care for our own
hobby horses and we do not consider the impact of this narrow mindedness.
It makes what Lila stand for one enemy, others who have differing
objectives are at best ignored because arguments do not really matter,
are
ignored or are refuted by quoting the same old
old.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 22 February 2016 at 05:38, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Lila's statement of her vision for WMF is compelling and attractive. If
> properly and faithfully executed, it seems like it would make just the
> right adjustments to the culture of the WMF and its interaction with
and
support
of the Wikimedia community. I have long been concerned that a
number of positions at the WMF amounted to sinecures, or at least
returned
> little value to the projects in exchange for resources expended. It
seems
> logical to me that such a radical change,
even well enacted, would
prompt
discontent and departures from the organization.
That said, I'm not convinced that this paradigm shift has been handled
well
by the WMF executive team and the board. First
and foremost, this
statement
> from Lila is the best explanation given anywhere that I'm aware of
> describing the shift within the WMF. That is not good. Second, it
appears
> that the work has not been done to get key
members of the paid team and
> volunteers on board with this process. This is another very substantial
> failure.
>
> For anyone who believes that Lila's vision statement is right for the
> future of the WMF, these unforced errors should cause serious anguish -
> needed changes might be lost or avoided because incompetent execution
of
prior
initiatives left everyone deeply change-averse.
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