Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Gordon Joly
Well, that is a small group and a much bigger group. The small group might just fit into the office, but the bigger one would not! :-) Gordon On 08/05/12 12:50, Richard Symonds wrote: The UK community - both members and non-members :-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaim

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 8 May 2012 10:40, Jon Davies wrote: > I am pretty certain that nobody doubts how hard we work in the office but > part of our job will be to make sure people understand what we are doing and > delivering. Indeed, I haven't heard anyone doubt that you are working hard. The question is just rega

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Chris Keating
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On 8 May 2012 12:50, Richard Symonds > wrote: > > The UK community - both members and non-members :-) > > Getting to know the international community wouldn't hurt either - I > know Jon has visited both Berlin and San Fransisco in order to g

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 8 May 2012 12:50, Richard Symonds wrote: > The UK community - both members and non-members :-) Getting to know the international community wouldn't hurt either - I know Jon has visited both Berlin and San Fransisco in order to get to know people. Hopefully those trips will just be the start of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Richard Symonds
The UK community - both members and non-members :-) Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 8 May 2012 12:42, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 08/05/12 12:40, Chris

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Chris Keating
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 08/05/12 12:40, Chris Keating wrote: > >> >> It's important staff get to know the community, this is often >> accomplished better by a friendly chat than an unfriendly interrogation. ;-) >> >> Chris >> > Which community? IDK, which one di

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 08/05/12 12:40, Chris Keating wrote: It's important staff get to know the community, this is often accomplished better by a friendly chat than an unfriendly interrogation. ;-) Chris Which community? Gordo ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikim

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Chris Keating
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Gordon Joly wrote: > On 06/05/12 23:15, Fae wrote: > >> (for example, it says that Edward Buckner came in for a friendly chat >> last week with generally positive results, but I hope you realize that I >> would not tell you all that on a public list unless Edward

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Gordon Joly
On 06/05/12 23:15, Fae wrote: (for example, it says that Edward Buckner came in for a friendly chat last week with generally positive results, but I hope you realize that I would not tell you all that on a public list unless Edward had written about the experience himself in another public plac

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Charles Matthews
On 8 May 2012 10:40, Jon Davies wrote: > I am pretty certain that nobody doubts how hard we work in the office but > part of our job will be to make sure people understand what we are doing and > delivering. I'll chip in with the comment that I think Board members have consistently (in my experie

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-08 Thread Jon Davies
I am pretty certain that nobody doubts how hard we work in the office but part of our job will be to make sure people understand what we are doing and delivering. As Fae says there is a weekly report to the board which covers the twenty or thirty key events of the week. To be useful this contains

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-06 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 6 May 2012 23:15, Fae wrote: > As a trustee with a duty to monitor rather than direct, I'm interested in > necessary, accurate and easy to consume reporting. > [snip] > It is important that any reporting does not become a massive burden compared > to its value Hopefully, we can find a way for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-06 Thread Fae
As a trustee with a duty to monitor rather than direct, I'm interested in necessary, accurate and easy to consume reporting. The Board needs to know that our investment in staff and office is well spent. Jon and I have talked about the option of one-page dashboard style reports that might be mainta

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-06 Thread Gordon Joly
On 05/05/12 23:10, Thomas Dalton wrote: By my reckoning, there is something like 160 person-hours of work being done in the office every week. I would love to know what that work actually is! I was invited into the office, I spoke to staff, and I was given a mug. That all takes time, you know!

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-05 Thread Thomas Dalton
+1 By my reckoning, there is something like 160 person-hours of work being done in the office every week. I would love to know what that work actually is! On 5 May 2012 23:08, joseph seddon wrote: > Dear Jon, Daria, Stevie and Richard > > Hope this doesn't sound like too much of a silly question

[Wikimediauk-l] What are our staff doing :)

2012-05-05 Thread joseph seddon
Dear Jon, Daria, Stevie and Richard Hope this doesn't sound like too much of a silly question, but I would love to know what you guys do throughout the week :) I dont just mean like on average. But I would love to be able to see what projects staff are working on, how projects are progressing e