On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Casey Brown <li...@caseybrown.org> wrote: > > "Advocacy" is a much more general term in this context than people > > seem to be taking it as. It does not mean lobbying or fighting for > > something controversial with outside organizations. As I understand > > it, it's the opposite: advocating to the Wikimedia Foundation on > > behalf of the community. > > Yeah, that's my understanding of the game plan here as well. I think > the announcement could have been clearer in that regard, but that's > pretty much what Philippe and Maggie have already been doing, and what > they'll continue to do in a structure that's set up for growth. > > Sometimes we have a tendency to speak in management lingo when we > should be choosing simple, crisp & clear terms. Honest feedback: Burn > the chart on > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_Community_Advocacy/LCA_Announcement > and draft a super crisp mission statement to slap on the first page > for this group. I know, I've been guilty of this as well -- no > criticism of the team. When working in an organization this kind of > communication style is often expected from you in day-to-day work, but > it's not necessarily helpful when communicating with people who have > very little time and interest to parse it. > > I think the brainstorming page is a great start and hope it'll be > utilized and further advertised in coming days: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal/Community_Advocacy > > Congratulations to Philippe and Maggie for their new roles. I think > it's about time that we're creating this structure, and I think it'll > generate lots of tangible value for the community. Then my suggestion would be, rename the department. I completely agree, it is about time Philippe and Maggie get more authority and a dedicated department. I am happy for both of them. They actually do and have been doing the heavy lifting for years when it comes to the community. I would actually be more in favor of calling their department the community department. ;) Regards Theo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l