On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > with assessment spreadsheets and standardized project briefs
Do you have links for these? > Of course separately from setting priorities, there's the critical > need to improve our ability to execute upon those priorities. This > includes the further development of project pipelines, more systematic > volunteer engagement, additional internal HR support, additional > hiring of staff to address key capacity gaps, etc. 'Systematic volunteer engagement' sounds right but clinical. I should like to see investment in our voluntary supporters, contributors, and partners to address key capacity gaps. It seems to me effective execution at scale involves actively acknowledging great work done by potential partners, and finding better ways to let them align efforts with ours on their own. For instance, letting mediawiki users help fix or submit ideas/patches to MW through its interface; or submit/synch categories of content with a Wikimedia project. > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Volunteer_Toolkit > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Volunteer_Management_practices_to_Expand_Participation Interesting proposals - but they say nothing about learning and teaching and sharing expertise. If you're not learning, why not move on? And if you are learning, how important are elaborate recognition rituals? You go on to say that visitors to the Foundation are amazed that it is so small. And it is true - the Foundation does a tremendous number of things for its size. But in my experience most people mean they are amazed that the /Projects/ could be run by such a small group. And the Projects are in fact run by thousands of people and groups with different responsibilities, talents, and tools. In addition to expanding the number of participants, we need to help this network learn all of the skills needed to sustain and enhance their work, from development to community organizing. < I'm thrilled by how far we've come, and to be able to have supported > an unprecedented large-scale initiative like the usability project. Yes, this is an excellent example. Do you think we will be in a position to run a second usability project of similar scope, two years from now, entirely from within the community? SJ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
