On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 11:50 AM, church.of.emacs.ml <church.of.emacs.ml@ googlemail.com> wrote:
> I found that comment to be very disturbing. It makes the Wikimedia staff > look like it is mostly concerned with keeping their jobs,[4] instead of > making Wikimedia's mission succeed. Money is not something inherently > good that we should strive for. It is but a tool, in pursuing our mission. > > I think he'd tell you he regrets the way he put that. Our jobs don't matter at all if they're not significantly helping the movement. And I know he feels that way too. Two days ago in the Community Department, we had a staff gathering to talk about the values and principles that should inform our thinking. One that I included was: "The Wikimedia movement doesn’t owe you a job; You are here to serve the Wikimedia movement; If you want a job, start looking." I'm very serious about that. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
