Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Hoi, Katherine welcome.. you are now included at Wikidata as well [1]. Yes, the information is incomplete but many people will add information about you including links to Wikipedia articles. Do good. Thanks, GerardM [1] https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?=23034479 On 11 March 2016

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Querida Katherine, cuenta con mi respaldo en esta etapa y no tengo duda alguna en tus capacidades, integridad y simpatía para asumir el reto. Como miembro de la comunidad agradezco al Board por esta buena decisión. El jueves, 10 de marzo de 2016, Nabin Sapkota

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations Katherine! Wish you all the best. Cheers, Nabin Sapkota On Mar 11, 2016 11:24 AM, "Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive)" < nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > Great! Congratulations Katherine! > Really a positive move from the Board. > > -Hasive > WMBD > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:15

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Katherine, and congratulations. You have my full and enthusiastic support : ) On Friday, March 11, 2016, Nurunnaby Chowdhury (Hasive) < nhas...@wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > Great! Congratulations Katherine! > Really a positive move from the Board. > > -Hasive > WMBD > > On Fri, Mar 11,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

aude wrote: > Patricio Lorente wrote: > > > Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer > > Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF)) > > will step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the > C-levels for > > \o/ :-) > > I am

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

Hi Itzik, do you mean a proper secret ballot? On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 1:52 AM, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel wrote: > Hi Chris, > > How and where the chapter will vote? > I offered to do it privately, in order to avoid current votes to influence > others chapters. > > Itzik >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Great! Congratulations Katherine! Really a positive move from the Board. -Hasive WMBD On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Bodhisattwa Mandal < bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats Katherine, > > As a community member from the other side of the world, you have my > complete trust and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congrats Katherine, As a community member from the other side of the world, you have my complete trust and support. A very positive move from the Board, no doubt about it. Best wishes, Bodhisattwa On Mar 11, 2016 10:05 AM, "Risker" wrote: > Thank you, Patricio and the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Let me add my voice to the thanks and congratulations! I am deeply appreciative of this choice, both by the Board and by WMF's C-team. Katherine is an excellent choice. Many of us in the movement who have worked with her for the past few years have been impressed by her massive talents and her

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Patricio and the rest of the board, for this first step in rebuilding. I have had the pleasure of working with Katherine in my capacity as a "regular" volunteer and as a member of the FDC, and have found her to be highly professional and very focused on the mission of the WMF. She

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations, Katherine! And thank you, the entire board, staff and community, for being so amicable among yourselves after some shady weeks and monnths! Looking forward to great days ahead. Come on, we have a lot of pending home work now to cover... :) -ViswaPrabha On 11 March 2016 at

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I think this is a brilliant idea, both personally and professionally. I'm incredibly thrilled that I'll be (continuing to) work under Katherine. Bravo. --Ed On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:15 PM, Rosemary Rein wrote: > Thank you Katherine for your service and leadership at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you Patricio, C-Level-team, and most of all Katherine for agreeing to take on this role. Katherine, I'm extremely pleased by your first post to this list and the page on Meta with the outline of the Leadership Tean transition planning. the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

As a community member I found Katherine to be open, approachable and that she saw me, a volunteer, as an equal partner in the movement. As a staff member she has shown an exemplary level of professionalism, to have a real passion for Wikimedia, and solid understanding of the importance of trust,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congrats Katherine (and commiserations to what free time you still had) thank you for being willing to take up this role, I think you're exactly what we need.I'd also like to thank all the c-levels who I know have spent countless hours over the past week or so talking about the next steps both for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Katherine, Welcome, and best of luck in your new role. I'm very pleased indeed to hear that it will be you to fill it. Todd On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Katherine Maher wrote: > Thank you, Patricio. > > I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 3:55 AM, Patricio Lorente wrote: > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Patricio. And thank you, Katherine, for stepping up at this time for us. I'm genuinely happy for this choice. It fills me with optimism for all of us to move forward to a new phase. Gracias y buena suerte! On Thursday, March 10, 2016, Dario Taraborelli

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Patricio Lorente < patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full > support. Starting on March 14th, current

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you for stepping up, Katherine. Very glad about the choice and the rapid and transparent process that led to it, thanks to everyone involved. Dario > On Mar 10, 2016, at 18:55, Patricio Lorente > wrote: > > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Amazing news indeed. Thank you Katherine for everything you have already accomplished at the Foundation and for taking up this challenge. And thank you to the entire C-level and Board for supporting this decision- this is exactly what we needed right now! I have full trust that Katherine and the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

I cheered aloud in my living room when I read this news. Congratulations, Katherine, and thank you for taking on this role at a difficult yet exciting time. You have my trust. Le jeudi 10 mars 2016, Tim Starling a écrit : > On 11/03/16 13:55, Patricio Lorente wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On 11/03/16 13:55, Patricio Lorente wrote: > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer > Katherine Maher

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Patricio, the board, and thank you Katherine. In the unhappy circumstances we have come to, this brings much hope for rebuilding. Katherine has the values and the skills to make WMF do better at adhering to its stated principles, and the good sense to trust expertise in others and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

I think it's a possibility that's worth considering seriously. (: We'll see how things go. Pine On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Pine W wrote: > > Thank you, Katherine. > > > > That's a good

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 6:59 PM, Katherine Maher wrote: > > Thank you, Patricio. > > I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their confidence in > the Foundation. I also want to thank community members and staff for > continuing to be such committed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

This is fantastic news for WMF and the movement!! I am extremely grateful to Katherine for stepping up to take this very difficult role at a very challenging time. Katherine is widely respected at WMF by staff and, in my opinion, is the perfect person to lead us right now. I have worked on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:17 PM, Pine W wrote: > Thank you, Katherine. > > That's a good question, Oliver. I think that a lot will depend on whether > WMF can fill the other C-level vacancies, particularly the CTO vacancy, > with people who are mission-aligned and can are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

This is excellent news! Thank you to the C-levels and Board for making this decision. Katherine, thank you for stepping up during this time. Looking forward to improving trust and transparency! On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > Katherine, > > You

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Katherine. That's a good question, Oliver. I think that a lot will depend on whether WMF can fill the other C-level vacancies, particularly the CTO vacancy, with people who are mission-aligned and can are SMEs in areas where Katherine isn't. Also, a lot will depend on whether Katherine

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations to the Board and to Katherine! It is good to see the organization led by a person with such a strong and proven commitment to human rights, access to knowledge, and transparency. I've also been deeply impressed by all the work Katherine has done in her previous role at WMF. Best

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Wonderful news, and and excellent choice. Thank you indeed, Katherine. I eagerly look forward to what comes next! On Mar 10, 2016 20:06, "James Heilman" wrote: > A very positive move. Thank you Katherine for agreeing to step up and take > on this role. You have my full

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Excellent news! Katherine demonstrates integrity, has a strong mind for community, and she can help give WMF the voice it needs for a positive future. I’m personally thrilled to see this happen. Congratulations, and thank you for stepping into one of the most difficult and—I’d argue—one of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

\o/\o/\o/\o/ So glad to see this wonderful choice! ...if we're gonna have Katherine as the interim...do we really need to find someone permanent? ;) On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 10:05 PM, James Heilman wrote: > A very positive move. Thank you Katherine for agreeing to step up and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

A very positive move. Thank you Katherine for agreeing to step up and take on this role. You have my full confidence :-) James On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Pharos wrote: > Congratulations, Katherine! > > She is an excellent choice to navigate us through for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Congratulations, Katherine! She is an excellent choice to navigate us through for this difficult time. Thanks, Pharos On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Patricio Lorente < patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wmfall] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Thank you, Patricio. I want to thank the Board for this opportunity, and for their confidence in the Foundation. I also want to thank community members and staff for continuing to be such committed advocates for our future -- your passion and belief in our movement and purpose have been

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

Hello all, I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our full support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF))

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Sent from my iPad > On 11 Mar 2016, at 9:24 AM, Leila Zia wrote: > > ​If you see that you don't have a healthy line of communication with Jimmy, > you may want to consider not communicating with him at all. Initiating > and/or participating in conversations about someone

[Wikimedia-l] Visualization of "What is Wikipedia about?" using information from Wikidata

Beautiful visualization, for those who enjoy such things: http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/608-what-is-wikipedia-about Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 2:25 AM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > > ​... ​ > The truth is, I am genuinely > bewildered and finding it very hard to understand why James says things > that the entire rest of the board find contrary to fact. > > With one exception that I can think of,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Sent from my iPad > On 11 Mar 2016, at 6:11 AM, Keegan Peterzell wrote: > ​Kevin, > > You've been touting your experience on Boards in giving advice, and I have > some experience there myself, so let's think of ​it in those Real World > terms: > > Regardless of what

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

The rights and wrongs of this dispute aside (and, crikey, I really have not idea who is in the right at this point), and putting aside the right/wrong of releasing the email (I tend to side with Erik): This is the form of language that e.g. men use to dismiss women as "emotional". It's vile and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

A few days ago I asked what it was that we as the community could do to enhance transparency within the Foundation. This was not what I had in mind. Why would Jimmy or anyone else in a position of authority at the WMF seek to engage with those making criticisms when they'll be subject to acts

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Hi Pete, On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > I carefully considered whether to publish this email > before doing so. I'm confident I'm on solid ethical ground (i.e., didn't > violate anyone's rights), and I'm pretty sure the impact on Wikimedia will >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Keegan, Jimmy has attacked James on a personal level in public multiple times, and sent frankly confusing private emails to multiple people off-list. There is no general 'legal shield of confidentiality' surrounding organizations in general. Sometimes employees are forbidden from making

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Kevin Gorman wrote: > Jimmy, given the fact that James has requested you release it combined with > the fact that it contains no confidential information, please release the > particular email James requested you release. You've said that you

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

Hi Chris, How and where the chapter will vote? I offered to do it privately, in order to avoid current votes to influence others chapters. Itzik - Sent from mobile On Mar 10, 2016 15:35, "Chris Keating" wrote: > Dear all, > > The deadline for nominations in the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] December and January minutes of the Board of Trustees

Picking up on the mention of Suzie Nussel in the January 2016 minutes,[3] I could find no other WMF published information apart from the minutes and the recently released powerpoint that /probably/ supported the presentation.[1] It's possible I missed some emails about Suzie's appointment.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Jimmy, given the fact that James has requested you release it combined with the fact that it contains no confidential information, please release the particular email James requested you release. You've said that you would release it when you received permission from the board, but it was a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Manipulative behavior thrives in an environment where a person can say different things to different audiences, and can speak freely with the expectation they will not be held accountable for their words. Erik, thank you for articulating your views. As for my own actions, you have either made

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A conversation?

> On 10 Mar 2016, at 8:25 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > > On 3/10/16 8:18 AM, Benjamin Lees wrote: >> I was glad when I saw Jimbo indicate he was reaching out to James. At >> the risk of sounding hopelessly naive, maybe Jimbo should send James >> another email, this time

Re: [Wikimedia-l] What it means to be a high-tech organization

On 23/02/16 22:34, SarahSV wrote: > ​Brian, I'd be interested to hear how volunteers could be cultivated and > supported. We felt under attack by the Foundation until Lila arrived, and I > think a lot of editors are grateful to her for having improved that > relationship. But not feeling attacked

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 2:01 AM, jimmy wales wrote: > > > > Indeed George I agree with everything you have said about the internal > effects of lack of transparency and openness. Assuming I and other board > members who continue to press for full openness about the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

On Mar 10, 2016 07:19, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > > 2016-03-09 16:56 GMT-08:00 Pete Forsyth : > > > I feel this message can provide important insight into the dynamics > > surrounding James H.'s dismissal, and various people have expressed > > interest in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] A conversation?

> On 10 Mar 2016, at 5:18 PM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > 2016-03-09 16:56 GMT-08:00 Pete Forsyth : > >> I feel this message can provide important insight into the dynamics >> surrounding James H.'s dismissal, and various people have expressed >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Jimmy, a lot of us are bewildered and are finding it very hard to understand, why you continue to spin and distract. I do understand that your current strategy is to pin a bunch of this on Damon. That is not going to fly. You are not accountable to anyone, Jimmy. That you can write things like

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Jimmy, your ymail is still going into my gmail spam. It's time you released that email Sarah reminded you about, above. I agree with Oliver's characterisation of your tone in that email to Peter and James. I'm very disappointed to see Erik putting down Pete for exposing the gargoyle behind the

[Wikimedia-l] Affiliate-selected Board seats update

Dear all, The deadline for nominations in the Affiliate Selected Board Seats process passed on Tuesday, and 10 candidates have been nominated: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats/2016/Nominations This is more candidates than any previous affiliate/chapter-selected

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “Reliable”, “Notable”, and “Encyclopaedic” Sources for Automated Solvers for FreeCell

On 10 March 2016 at 12:22, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Hello Peter, > > On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 17:36:02 +0200 > "Peter Southwood" wrote: > >> If you get it published off Wikipedia then it becomes a reference and someone >> else can mention it on

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “Reliable”, “Notable”, and “Encyclopaedic” Sources for Automated Solvers for FreeCell

Hello Peter, On Tue, 8 Mar 2016 17:36:02 +0200 "Peter Southwood" wrote: > If you get it published off Wikipedia then it becomes a reference and someone > else can mention it on Wikipedia Published where , how, why, what, and when? What forms of publishing are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] “Reliable”, “Notable”, and “Encyclopaedic” Sources for Automated Solvers for FreeCell

On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:08:17 +0100 "Lionel Allorge (lionel.allo...@lunerouge.org)" wrote: > Hi, > > > I see. Thanks for the information (though I'm still frustrated it took this > > list so long to give me a reply). I guess I won't be adding information > > about

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Yes.  When I can publish I will. Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Michel Vuijlsteke Date: 2016/03/10 10:05 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

...this is about that mail of yours to James that was going to be published, right? On 10 March 2016 at 11:01, jimmy wales wrote: > > > Indeed George I agree with everything you have said about the internal > effects of lack of transparency and openness. Assuming I and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

Indeed George I agree with everything you have said about the internal effects of lack of transparency and openness.  Assuming I and other board members who continue to press for full openness about the James situation  are eventually successful this will all become more clear. Sent

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

> On Mar 10, 2016, at 1:25 AM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > ... > Those ideas never got traction > and never made it to the board level. ... I don't think you are lying or being deceptive, but it seems apparent in the various half-explanations that it did, to James, who

Re: [Wikimedia-l] World Mime Day Wiki edit-a-thon

Hi again :) I just wanted to share with you category on Commons where you can find or/and contribute with your own or released photos. :) Regards, 2016-03-04 12:54 GMT+01:00 Ivana Madžarević

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

On 3/10/16 8:18 AM, Benjamin Lees wrote: > I was glad when I saw Jimbo indicate he was reaching out to James. At > the risk of sounding hopelessly naive, maybe Jimbo should send James > another email, this time extending a clearer olive branch. If we're > past the point of no return on that,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

2016-03-09 23:21 GMT-08:00 SarahSV : >> And no, I'm not a fan how things have played out so far, and I'm not >> arguing for just moving on without addressing remaining grievances. >> But this isn't how we should move forward. > Erik, what do you see as the alternative?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Easier browsing of Board minutes, agendas, etc., plus summaries

Another curious observation vis-a-vis a lot that has been written on this list WMF Board Minutes -December 9, 2015 Board of Trustees present: Patricio Lorente (Chair), Alice Wiegand (Vice-Chair), Frieda Brioschi, James Heilman, Dariusz Jemielniak, Guy Kawasaki, Jan-Bart de Vreede, Denny

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: A conversation?

I was glad when I saw Jimbo indicate he was reaching out to James. At the risk of sounding hopelessly naive, maybe Jimbo should send James another email, this time extending a clearer olive branch. If we're past the point of no return on that, then so be it, but I would be happy to know that