I believe Liam puts it very close to how I read the announcement. Does this mean Pb is a Chief now? or will that department still be under community/Zack?
Also, how does the relation between legal come into this. Is Geoff also in charge of this department or is legal separate from this? And before I forget, Congratulations Pb! Regards Theo On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll admit that that's what I thought it meant when I read it too - that > the WMF was setting up a congressional lobbying department. So it's not > that an outrageous thing to assume. From the link it says that you will be > (in part) focusing on "...seeking ways to increase capacity to safeguard > the movement’s reputation and support the advancement of legal conditions > that support our movement." but it also says that you'll be "Setting up > international meet-ups that recognize and support the role of > administrators and functionaries, including brainstorming ways that WMF can > better help these critical roles within our movement (e.g., Arbcoms, > checkusers, OTRS, etc.)". Finally, it also says "This change will transfer > the community liaison and advocate responsibilities to the Legal and > Community Advocacy team. This move will allow Zack Exley, Chief Community > Officer, and his team to focus on editor retention and recruitment work and > fundraising strategy and implementation". > > From this I understand that the new department will be focused on the > *existing* community (especially those with specialised roles within it) > and also on the legal aspects of defending free-knowledge globally (such as > helping Chapters to write submissions to Government policy reviews etc.). > This will leave Zack's existing department to focus on recruiting new users > and on the annual fundraiser. > > Is that a fair assessment? > > Peace, love & metadata > > > On 10 February 2012 13:23, Philippe Beaudette <phili...@wikimedia.org > >wrote: > > > I'm not really sure where you get that, MZ. Politics and lobbying were > not > > mentioned at all. > > > > What was mentioned was advocacy... advocacy for the community, in varying > > roles and flavors. > > > > So to clear it up: this is not a lobbying or political wing. Or anything > > that even resembles it. :) > > > > There's a reasonable discussion in the page, linked from the > announcement. > > > > pb > > ___________________ > > Philippe Beaudette > > Director, Community Advocacy > > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. > > > > 415-839-6885, x 6643 > > > > phili...@wikimedia.org > > > > To check my email volume (and thus know approx how long it will take me > to > > respond), go to http://courteous.ly/hpQmqy > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:08 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > > > > > Geoff Brigham wrote: > > > > Today, we are excited to announce the start of our building of a new > > > > department called the ³Legal and Community Advocacy Department.² > This > > > new > > > > alignment recognizes that we can combine the best of legal and > > community > > > > advocacy to foster new ways to advance the interests of the community > > > > consistent with the goals and strategies of the Foundation. For > > > details, > > > > please go to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/LCA_Announcement. > > > > > > > > As part of this reorganization, I¹m pleased to announce that Philippe > > > > Beaudette has been promoted to Director of Community Advocacy. We > will > > > > start engaging our community shortly and enter into a consultation > > period > > > > with it to brainstorm how to build the department. We anticipate > that > > it > > > > will take us about 6-12 months to get the right team and drive the > new > > > > department at full speed. > > > > > > > > The community is invited to join us on Friday for office hours to > > discuss > > > > the new Legal and Community Advocacy Department. Details for the IRC > > > chat > > > > can be found at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours. > > > > > > A political (lobbying?) arm of Wikimedia? And the Wikimedia community > and > > > Board have said they're okay with this? > > > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-l mailing list > > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l