Congratulations Frank -
I had been getting a bit worried about the ED search for the WEF, and
my faith in the organization's future success is significantly
increased by your selection for the position.
Best wishes,
Kevin Gorman
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Jami Mathewson
wrote:
> Hi, Mike.
Hi, Mike.
For an answer to your question about the name, please see this
conversation[1] on Meta. Our board is active answering questions on wiki
and not on mailing lists, so I encourage you to post questions to the Wiki
Education Foundation board on Meta.
Hope that answers it for you,
Jami
[1]
Hi all,
Frank, congratulations on the new job. :-) Can I ask for a clarification on the
funding situation please?
> (1) WMF grant money
>
> The Wiki Education Foundation received a grant to get things off the ground
> last year as part of the Projects and Events Grants process. The Wiki
> Educa
Hi all,
First of all, thanks a lot for the many good wishes that I received on- and
offline. Let me answer some of the questions that came up in this thread.
(1) WMF grant money
The Wiki Education Foundation received a grant to get things off the ground
last year as part of the Projects and Even
On 11 Feb 2014, at 20:18, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Hello Frédéric, a quick comment:
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:44 AM, Frédéric Schütz wrote:
>> Your decision is not "you should have a good track
>> record", it is "you should have a good track record AND NOT have bylaws".
>
> Bylaws are fine,
Hi all,
On 11 Feb 2014, at 17:58, Lodewijk wrote:
> I'm very sorry about these decisions. Not only because I disagree with them
> on the content (although there are one or two aspects I can live with) and
> because I think this is very bad for the volunteers, but also because the
> board returne
Jay Walsh wrote:
>Passing along for your information. This release is posted on the WMF
>wiki at https://www.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/95859
>
>An accompanying Q&A can also be found here:
>https://www.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/95860
For wikimedia-l in particular, it probably
Dear Wikimedians,
you have not yet registred for the Wikimedia Conference 2014 in
Berlin? You want to shape the future of the Wikimedia movement? You
want to meet, exchange and mingle with other movement enthusiasts?
Then please be kindly reminded to register until Monday, February 17,
2014. You
Hi,
The report covering Wikimedia engineering activities in January 2014 is now
available.
Wiki version:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_engineering_report/2014/January
Blog version:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/02/13/engineering-report-january-2014/
We're also proposing a shorter, s
On 13 February 2014 13:31, Chris Keating wrote:
...
> It's also a good thing for the movement that it's possible to "spin off"
> projects like this, which the Foundation has decided are no longer core
> activity, to other entities.
I agree with the sentiment, especially as it is a firm requiremen
Chipping in my 2p very quickly -
Given it's a senior WMF staff member leaving to join another movement
organisation, it makes perfect sense that both bodies have put out a joint
statement.
It's also a good thing for the movement that it's possible to "spin off"
projects like this, which the Found
WEF is a spin-off from WMF, with direct management continuity. Good or
not, it's standard for spin-offs to have a special treat from their
parent organisation. A number of things can be said and done about this
of course but it's hardly surprising.
Nemo
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On 13 February 2014 06:30, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
> Rather than just answer your concerns
But you haven't done. Will anyone?
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@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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On 13 February 2014 06:30, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
...
> Because the director happens to be an extremely valued long time member of
> the senior staff of the Wikimedia Foundation.
This makes for a useful tip for recruiting managers for new Wikimedia
organizations or and large programmes. Alway
Allow me first to congratulate Frank. I think he is a great choice and
already proved how much he capable to do amazing things, so I have a great
hopes in this new organizations.
Saying that and moving to talk about the organization and the process, and
not about the person, this grant and program
Quick follow-up question and comment -
Is there any reason for affiliates to feel they should now at least plan
for possible caps on other areas? Does that absolutely seem unlikely
(granted anything is possible) or not really something the board can
comment on more firmly - which I suspect will ju
Hi Greg!
A few fast notes before I go to bed :)
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Gregory Varnum
wrote:
> Phoebe,
>
> I appreciate you sharing this information - it fills in a few gaps. I am
> still concerned that there was not more opportunity for input prior to the
> decision - and that every
Mark, 13/02/2014 00:58:
In other projects this doesn't seem to be as big of a deal. I'm a heavy
participant in OpenStreetMap, which is an organization legally based in
the UK. That's a country I have no connection to at all. But it doesn't
really matter, because the OSM Foundation does things I b
Hi LiAnna, who wrote the FAQ for the press release? I have some concerns.
Thanks,
Pine
> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:19:42 -0800
> From: LiAnna Davis
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] (press release)
> Frank Schulenburg named executive dire
Phoebe,
I appreciate you sharing this information - it fills in a few gaps. I am
still concerned that there was not more opportunity for input prior to the
decision - and that everyone was clearly not on the same page about what
was going to be discussed exactly.
Regarding your earlier comments
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