Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide#Preparing_to_Take_the_Organizational_Effectiveness_Questionnaire If the WMF is one other organized group in the sentence A Wikimedia chapter, user group, thematic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Why does the questionnaire seemingly exclude the WMF? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/User_guide#Preparing_to_Take_the_Organizational_Effectiveness_Questionnaire If the WMF is one

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Samuel Klein
Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to fill out. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: No, .. from the survey itself: Throughout, we use the phrase “Wikimedia Organization” to refer to chapters, thematic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Claudia Garád
Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the results and learnings of the next steps. At the moment, from our perspective the biggest challenge of the planned process is to overcome the language

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Leigh Thelmadatter
effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations) Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the results and learnings of the next steps. At the moment, from our perspective the biggest challenge

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Leigh Thelmadatter
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations) Thank you for this initiative and all the hard work that went into creating these tools and resources! I'm really looking forward to the results and learnings of the next steps. At the moment, from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread John Mark Vandenberg
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to fill out. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: No, .. from the survey itself: Throughout, we use the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Gerard, I'm not sure I understand this concern. Data of all kinds are important, but in this case, the questionnaire is meant to help organizations reflect on how they make the strategic choices they do, and what more we can do, as individual organizations and collectively across the movement, to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Hi Nemo and John, The questionnaire is not meant to exclude WMF at all, instead the wording was meant to _include_ all forms of Wikimedia 'organization'. So yes, the phrase can be easily modified. And as SJ points out, WMF is on the list too. :-) Anasuya On Dec 2, 2014 12:34 AM, Federico Leva

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Hi John, I think it's really up to you and the organizational team(s) you represent. If you are critically involved in the program and org leadership of more than one, you're welcome to respond more than once. In this case, we'd ask you to make sure you have more than just your responses from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Thanks, Sam. Will work on making the drop down easier to access. Anasuya On Dec 2, 2014 2:38 AM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Anasuya! That's quite a comprehensive survey but instructive to fill out. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, John Mark Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi Anasuya, Is there by any chance a public list of the questions asked in the survey? I've just clicked through a few pages and noticed that some questions need a little preparation to answer truthfully. It would be helpful if the questions could be looked up in advance. Thank you for your

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Claudia Garád
Hi Sebastian, are you looking for this: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Organizational_effectiveness/Tool/Questionnaire Best Claudia Am 02.12.2014 um 18:03 schrieb Sebastian Moleski: Hi Anasuya, Is there by any chance a public list of the questions asked in the survey? I've just clicked

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
Would it be possible for interested organizations to get in touch with the Foundation in order to get help in this regard? Best Claudia Hi Claudia, Thank you for the appreciation and your help - as so many others on this list - in thinking through this questionnaire and next steps. Thanks

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-02 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:27:14 -0700 I assume this survey is only for organizations that have been recognized by AffCom? We are still struggling to get ours (despite the fact that we are one of the most productive

[Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-01 Thread Anasuya Sengupta
tl;dr Request for Wikimedia organizations to take a survey on organizational effectiveness, that will help us understand and support each other better: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OEQuestionnaire Dear friends and colleagues of the Wikimedia movement: The Wikimedia Foundation's Grantmaking

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Organizational effectiveness tool (for Wikimedia organizations)

2014-12-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I would assume that statistics are an important tool. There are many statistics I can think of off the top of my head that make sense in this context., WHERE ARE THEY... Given that this is a WMF initiative, why are the statistics not there.. You have the capability ! and the need is obvious