No, I report to Geoff. Geoff is the "Chief" for the legal and community advocacy department. I run the C.A. side of it. :-)
On Thu Feb 9 18:48:34 2012, Theo10011 wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l