So Signpost discovered what is Something. (I didn't follow all the threads, but I suppose it's been written in some of them.)
From my perspective and according to some anecdotal data I have, I would
suggest WMF staff and C-level management to start talking with each other.
I can confirm that at least in one case it turned out that fears had no basis in reality. But I was a bit surprised that I was the best informed person inside of the triangle. On Jan 3, 2016 09:41, "Milos Rancic" millosh@gmail.com wrote:
We should start talking about Something.
Something is the raising issue of our movement. Its properties are not yet known, but all of us feel the consequences of Something.
To tackle the problem, we should define it, first. Yes, we know it's called Something, but besides the name, we know just a little bit more. So, I ask you to help me define Something. Crowdsourcing is the term defined thanks to our movement and I am sure we are capable to do so. All of us have a little piece of knowledge about Something and we could compile those pieces to create a clear picture.
My knowledge about Something is very obscure. From occasional discussions with some of WMF employees, I know that "Something is wrong". I am quite serious about that. I got impression that employees are not content with the Board decisions during the recent years. However, I couldn't define quite well the matter of that discontent.
I am not able to understand what's the difference between the Time of Something (ToS, not to be confused with TOS, Star Trek, The Original Series) and the Time before Something (TbS, not to be confused with tbs, ISO 639-3 code for Tanguat language).
I don't see any particular difference, except I think Board is not making mistakes it made previously. (To be fair, it's not that big achievement, as "mistakes" are not a final set.)
What I do see are the consequences of Something: Something creates particular dynamics inside of the core of our movement and we feel the consequences of that dynamics.
However, I am living in a countryside of Wikimedia movement, far away from our capital, Bay Area. Thus, I admit I am not just not that well informed, but I am also probably not that capable to understand the basic concepts of Something.
But I am sure there are some of you capable to fathom the deep mystery of Something.