Nicely put! On 1 Apr 2014 22:29, "Amy Vossbrinck" <avossbri...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello All: > > I have been following this thread with great interest and a kind of deeply > appreciative fascination. > > First to say that I am relatively new to WMF - having been on board for > just a bit over a year. Previously the jobs that I had pretty much covered > the entire waterfront: > > Summer jobs in high school > Jobs while in college (didn't we all do that!) > 4 years in a combination of corporations and small businesses > 17 years as a volunteer as I raised my two sons > 17 years in non-profits (helping to found 3 of them) > 2 years in county government > 2 years as a scheduler for a Presidential campaign > and most recently, just before I came here, 6 years as a scheduler for a > US Congressman. > > "She must be 'old as dirt" you are thinking - well not just yet - and among > other things that set WMF apart - they do not discriminate on the basis of > age :-) :-) :-) > > WMF is unique in so many ways from all the other places I have worked, just > to name a few: > > Basic operating manual: Assume good faith! Look for the truth! Express > your views in an unbiased way! (a slight rewording of the "rules" for > editing). > > Everything is discussed in the open. > > Everyone is welcome to express their opinion. > > The leadership (all the way to the "top") openly apologizes when mistakes > are made. > > Rather than "dig in" and insist on continuing processes that don't work, > people at WMF put their heads together and look for a different solution. > Much like the point in the movie "Apollo 13" when they discover that the > air in the stranded capsule is slowly killing the astronauts. The team is > told to bring everything to a meeting that the astronauts have available > inside the capsule. They all come into the room shouting and pointing > fingers at each other in an effort to lay blame regarding what went wrong. > At some point Ed Harris, who plays the White Team Flight Director, yells, > "Let's just work the problem!" WMF is good at "working the problem". > > When I reflect on the above, I ask, "what if the entire world worked this > way, or even half the world, or even just enough people to get us to the > tipping point. It would be powerful stuff. > > I don't intend to imply that we are looking at perfect - but then, life is > not about perfection of action (we are after all human), it is about > perfection of intention which is not that from "assume good faith." > > Take good care, Amy > > -- > *Amy Vossbrinck* > *Executive Assistant to the* > *Chief of Finance and Administration, Garfield Byrd* > *Wikimedia Foundation* > *149 New Montgomery Street* > *San Francisco, CA 94105* > *415.839.6885 ext 6628* > *avossbri...@wikimedia.org <avossbri...@wikimedia.org>* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
