Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Pete Forsyth
Philippe, Thank you for expanding on that: On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: > I can only suspect that Lila's language here was imprecise > That is of course a possiblity. I would be very open to a clarification of how the board and ED see the community's role in strate

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Theo10011
On Thu, Jan 7, 2016, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > Me, editorializing, very briefly for now: > > This answer is very bizarre. Characterizing the 2010 process as having been > "outsourced" or not involving staff is wildly inaccurate, as I'm sure > anybody on staff (or on the Board -- such as the board me

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Luis Villa
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Luis Villa wrote: > Brief preview: the schedule has changed somewhat, because we wanted to > take some more steps to be inclusive of staff feedback (has been underway > for a few weeks) and community feedback (starting next week). The timeline > will be tight, bec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Philippe Beaudette
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > ​[Pete]​ > editorializing, very briefly for now: > > This answer is very bizarre. Characterizing the 2010 process as having been > "outsourced" or not involving staff is wildly inaccurate > ​ > -- ​Quite. The two people hired for that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Pete Forsyth
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Michael Peel wrote: > > > On 6 Jan 2016, at 21:36, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > > > My final question above still stands, though, and I do feel that an > answer > > from the ED or the Board is in order. In November, Lila claimed > > (inaccurately, IMO) that the 2010 pr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Michael Peel
> On 6 Jan 2016, at 21:36, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > My final question above still stands, though, and I do feel that an answer > from the ED or the Board is in order. In November, Lila claimed > (inaccurately, IMO) that the 2010 process was "outsourced" and > insufficiently transparent, and that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Pete Forsyth
Hi Luis, Many thanks for the swift update. I'll be looking forward to the announcements next week. My final question above still stands, though, and I do feel that an answer from the ED or the Board is in order. In November, Lila claimed (inaccurately, IMO) that the 2010 process was "outsourced"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Luis Villa
Hey, Pete- We'll be announcing some next steps on strategy next week. Brief preview: the schedule has changed somewhat, because we wanted to take some more steps to be inclusive of staff feedback (has been underway for a few weeks) and community feedback (starting next week). The timeline will be

[Wikimedia-l] Strategic plan

2016-01-06 Thread Pete Forsyth
I think this is a question for Patricio or Lila: At the November 2015 Metrics & Activities meeting, Lila presented[1] a slide outlining the new Strategic Planning process.[2] Amid general comments about how inclusive the process would be, that slide indicates that the draft briefly introduced at