What kind of ED would you like to see?
* Someone who knows how the wiki works or atleast has basic knowledge
on how to "edit" wikis.
* Someone who wants to work on "building" the encyclopaedia, not the
bureaucratic side which our last ED was more focused on.
* Someone willing to work on improving the wiki by working on ways of
creating and increasing our contributor base, we are seriously lacking
in that sector..
* Someone who is so transparent that we could see right through them,
secrecy is what got us in this mess in the first place.
* Someone willing to ensure that the board, the staff and the
community work in 'unison' instead of the former 2 dictating their
policies, views and choices onto the latter.
* Someone willing to take the hard stance and do what's right by the
community instead of allowing the Board and other staff members to
dictate the job for them..
* Someone who puts the Community first ALWAYS. (we do not want another
issue like 'super-protect' ever again)
That is what I would like our ED to be ...we need an "Executive
DIRECTor", not an "Executive FOLLOWer"
On 2/27/16, Greg Grossmeier <greg(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
<quote name="Yuri Astrakhan"
date="2016-02-27" time="03:45:28 +0300">
Greg, agree 100%, but that's not how I
understood the question and the
results of the staff survey. It seemed the staff expected the vision from
the ED/Management.
I think you're misinterpreting.
The agree/disagree statement was:
"Senior leadership at Wikimedia have communicated a vision that
motivates me" (7% agree)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-01-06/News_…
See also, this quote in glassdoor, quoted in the Signpost as well:
"The Executive Director unveils a new strategy every three months or
so."
So, it's not that people wanted the vision solely from the
ED/Management, it's that they wanted a not constantly changing one.
This is getting off topic, however.
The point is, a vision does not need to come from one person, which you
agree with. A good vision comes from many people working together
collaboratively. Then sticking with it to see it through. Consistency is
needed in an ED.
Greg
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