On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The English Wikipedia Signpost just published data from a recent staff > survey that shows extraordinarily low confidence in senior WMF > leadership;[1] and the WMF and Knight Foundations just published > information about a restricted grant, which apparently signals a shift in > strategy taking place behind closed doors.[2] > > As a Trustee, Doc James would surely have been aware of both issues, weeks > or months ago. Various recent discussions suggest that he believed that > both issues should be brought to the attention of the Wikimedia community. > And yet, HE DID NOT PUBLISH THEM. > Doc James James has just said[1] on Talk:Jimbo Wales, ---o0o--- Documents concerning long term strategy were not kept from me in the end. Others were. And yes I was asked to keep the long term strategy documents secret after suggesting they be made more widely known and discussed. I have kept the documents secret. ---o0o--- This underscores Pete's point. James is still keeping those documents secret -- even now that he has left the board. So, dear Trustees, can *you* please walk the transparency walk, rather than pulling up the drawbridge, and show the community the long-term strategy documents that James was asked to keep – and still is keeping – secret, in line with your wishes? Or do we have to wait until the singularity arrives and machines tell us because human beings don't have the *guts*? Please present to the community a full and open account of - the long-term strategy, including the Knowledge Engine, - what underlies it, - the related grant applications and grant agreements, and - the discussions with industry partners that preceded this project? Or are there any non-disclosure agreements with third parties that limit what you can say in public? Then at least tell us that. Lastly, do you have any idea what damage – hour by hour – you are doing to this movement with your secrecy? Please do not *dare* to speak of the Wikimedia Foundation's "transparency" until you have demonstrated it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&diff=698752375&oldid=698751835 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
