Thank you, Risker -- we do have lots of work to do :)
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is great to hear how you are working to learn about the vast Wikimedia > community, its projects, its priorities and its challenges, Lila. > > I'm thinking there's something else that all of us should help you > celebrate as well: after only a few weeks on the job, being named to the > Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women: > http://www.forbes.com/profile/lila-tretikov/ > > That's a great start. > > > Risker > > > On 28 May 2014 08:58, Anna Torres <a...@wikimedia.org.ar> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > Great to hearing your experience. As being a new ED too (3 months now) I > > can indentify myself with your experience: the first month is about > > listening and getting to know :) > > > > All the best for what is to come! Hope to meeting you asap! > > > > Hugs from Argentina. > > > > > > 2014-05-28 2:48 GMT-03:00 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <n...@nhasive.com>: > > > > > +1 > > > Thank you for this write-up. Happy to read..:) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:24 AM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Lila Tretikov wrote: > > > > >I wanted to give you an update on my first three weeks of Wikimedia > > > > >immersion -- this will also go on the blog. As you probably > noticed, > > my > > > > >leadership approach is rooted in observation and focused discussions > > -- > > > > >this means I watch and listen more than I talk. But I expect that > you > > > are > > > > >probably curious about what I have observed and learned so far, and > to > > > > >know a little more about who I am. > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > Thank you for this write-up. It was nice to read. :-) > > > > > > > > >Your recommendations on areas you see as priorities for development > > > > >(while keeping in mind that not everything can be a priority at > > > > >once!); [...] > > > > > > > > I think this continues to be a huge pain point. Developer resources > are > > > > scarce and expensive and there's often a feeling that the latest > > > Wikimedia > > > > Foundation initiatives trump all other worthwhile projects. I think > we > > > > need to find a better way to more fairly allocate resources. > > > > > > > > As a concrete example, there continue to be dozens of Wikimedia > > > Foundation > > > > developers and other staff specifically focused on the English > > Wikipedia > > > > and sometimes Wikimedia Commons, while the other sister projects such > > as > > > > Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and Wikisource continue to receive almost no > > > direct > > > > attention. (Over the past few years, even the term "sister projects" > > has > > > > become mildly insulting. These projects are more accurately the > > > red-headed > > > > stepchild projects.) This won't happen quickly, but we must make it a > > > goal > > > > to do better in this area. > > > > > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* > > > Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia< > > > http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> > > > Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia > > > Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> > > > Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily > > > Prothom-Alo<http://www.prothom-alo.com> > > > Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network > > > <http://www.okfn.org> > > > Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) < > http://www.bdosn.org > > > > > > Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> > > > fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: > > > nhasive > > > | www.nhasive.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Anna Torres Adell > > Directora Ejecutiva > > *A.C Wikimedia Argentina* > > > > *Imprime este correo solo si es realmente necesario* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org< > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@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, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > 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, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
