That is not wholly accurate. There was a news brief in the 8th of October issue of *The Signpost*[1] which in addition to individual subscriptions is also sent to wikimedia-l.
*WMF to narrow its focus?*: Sue Gardner<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sue_Gardner>, > the executive director of the WMF, has > published<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sue_Gardner/Narrowing_focus>her > planned recommendation for the WMF's October board meeting. Gardner > hopes that by "ceas[ing] some activities (or possibly distribut[ing] them > to other movement players)", the WMF will be able to "focus more tightly on > high-priority activities that are central to its mandate and mission ... > [making the WMF] somewhat less over-mandated and thinly stretched, and > therefore better able to plan, predict and execute." Alex [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-10-08/News_and_notes 2012/11/1 ENWP Pine <deyntest...@hotmail.com> > I appreciate the comments of Jan-Bart and DeltaQuad regarding process and > openness, although I feel that we're veering off topic a little from the > subject of COIs. > > Since we're veering anyway, I would like to make a distinction between > providing openness and providing notice. To the best of my ability to see, > Sue's deliberations weren't announced here on Wikimedia-l by anyone from > WMF. I appreciate Sue having the discussion in the open, but I think the > notice to the community that these deliberations were happening was little > to none from what I can tell. Notice to Wikimedia-l and Research-l was > provided by me (not anyone from WMF) when I found the proposal's pages a > mere two days before Sue's stated wrap-up date of October 14. From my point > of view, the absence of notice to the community via this list was a > communications shortcoming that I feel is worrisome. I informed a staffer > of this on his talk page but he didn't acknowledge my comment, which > further heightens my concern about communications gaps, so if someone at > WMF could tell me to whom I should address my concern about these > communications issues, I would appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Pine > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l