This really infiltrated all our lists... mmm
*Regards,* *Lawrence* *Community Manager* *Mozilla Uganda | GenOpen* On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:00 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send community-uganda mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/community-uganda > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of community-uganda digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Words from a Mozillian (Dicky Moe) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dicky Moe <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 18:56:05 +0200 > Subject: Words from a Mozillian > Hello people, > > we, who do not wish to be identified, yet, have a lot to tell-or rather, > EXPOSE! > > Friends, Mozillians, Open Web enthusiasts! Lend me your ears; > > Mozilla Community is one among a few communities that preaches an Open web > that strives for transparency over the internet. But! Let’s > rather introspect whether we are maintaining the mentioned TRANSPARENT and > OPEN nature within > our self. > > Here are some instances that's recorded in our mind that makes us think > about it. But why do people not say it out in the Open? It’s because the > so-called community is “Dictated” and controlled by a few members who > cannot be Opposed or Questioned! > > [1]Selection process for MozFest > > Since a while now, the Mozillians subscribed on multiple lists have been > receiving updates about the candidates selected for MozFest 2014 one of the > largest events hosted by Mozilla! All the Mozillians who’ve seen the > “so-called” criteria for the selection process listed in the wiki would > definitely agree with us when it comes to the transparency and some of the > members chosen. > > Very valid is the comment given by one of the Mozillians who asked for a > justification or rather a short note on why each and every person was > selected for the same. The reply from council was great but wasn't up to > the request. > > With the growing contributor base, the same set of people invited over and > over for these events instead of giving a chance for new contributors. This > can be argued upon by saying “The selection is based on Experience” which > is a paradox because the experience CAN only be gained when the person gets > a chance to attend events! > > WE ECHO A DEMAND ON THE NOTE WHY EACH MOZILLIAN WAS SELECTED FOR MOZFEST > ALONG WITH A MORE DETAILED SELECTION CRITERIA. > > > > [2]MozCamp Beta India > > The MozCamp Beta, one among the reformed events and the first of it’s kind > in the world. A team of 6 members (so called core team) have “chosen” and > reviewed over 109 volunteers to select a total of 90 for the event from > India. > > NOTE that there was NO FORMAL application for the same found in the > mailing list, Moilla wiki or Community wiki. So from where did these > applicants come from? > > If you don’t get what we’re saying, please check the attachment : > https://www.sendspace.com/file/2an1e5 > COULD THE CONCERNED PEOPLE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS? > > [3]Budget requests > > The Mozilla Reps program started to empower the Mozillians to become > leaders in the community and inspire volunteers is turning out to some > thing else especially with Budgets. > > The budget request made by the so called Community leaders for any event > is always accepted without any questions while community members who have > or had “issues” ( on Opinion or any other ) with their community leaders > face problems in getting their budget approved, which mostly happens in the > last moment! > > Allow us to cite and example here of an event that was recently conducted > Women’s only event in Bangalore, IN with a budget of over 3000 USD! The > criteria for a normal rep to get the budget approved would be based on the > “metrics”. So we happened to see the "SUPER AWESOME" metrics of this > Women’s only event- few thimble and popcorn makes. Isn’t that great!? NOT! > > To add on, this Mozilla Rep, during one of her talks, also mentioned that > she’s traveled to more than 12 countries in a short span of 2 years. Agreed > that this may be to encourage new contributors with the perks, but is it > actually the right approach? DO WE TELL PEOPLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO OPEN SOURCE > BY TELLING THEM THAT THEY COULD TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD AND STAY IN STAR > HOTELS!? > > A small issue that caught fire on twitter : > https://twitter.com/koolhead17/status/493017466449059840 > In case the tweet got removed : https://www.sendspace.com/file/fsprzb > > [4]Localization project > > The Mozilla L10N project that aims at localizing various projects. Do we > even consider these as a project that Mozilla supports? > What made us think so is because of the series of quality events that were > cancelled due to budget issues for the L10N team. To RE-AFFIRM this point, > one of the so-called ‘Community leaders’ and “Evangelist” in the community > openly disagreed the support of the L10N team-thereby meaning that the > volunteers who contribute to the same are just “jobless”. > > Yes, this might be justified by saying that these are his personal views, > BUT ARE THEY REALLY THINGS THAT SHOULD BE SAID BY AN EVANGELIST!? > Would love to have your thoughts on this Mr.Christian Heilmann. > > [6] Leadership change > > Yes, WE FINALLY MEAN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. > > Taking the wonderful example of Philippines community where they change > the Community leader within a period. Unlike some communities that have > liaisons that want literally everything in a community to pass through > them. Agreed that this is good, but the same would be expected out of this > person so that the > community gets to know about future plans. > > TRANSPARENCY in all the projects, programs and selection process is > expected in the Community. > > [7]Cancelling Grow Tunisia > > When an event of such a scale is planned, the amount of efforts taken by > the 10’s and 100’s of community members and volunteers is exponentially > MUCH more than that of one or two staffs and so called CORE MEMBERS ( > identified for no specific reason in most case) who’ve been assigned to > take up the event! > > And just few days before getting the selected list of volunteers, we see a > mail saying that ALL THE GROW EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. Mozilla, the > organization, is what it is today because of the community and the > volunteers who strive to better it day after day! A decision was taken on > this just by an > internal panel who apparently ‘discussed’ things with team was not > convinced by the structure of the same. > > ANY DECISION AS SUCH SHOULD AT LEAST BE DISCUSSED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS/REPS. > > Files If missed : > http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/yK4Ii%2BzgSoyHaz7FPRd%2Fsg > > We would like to make a note that this isn't any issues with Organization, > its just a few members of the current community that is deviating the > mission / goal of Mozilla, we hope a small discussion over this will get > the problem solved. > > better to act now than to be sorry later > > Regards > Fellow Mozillian > > > _______________________________________________ > community-uganda mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/community-uganda > > _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
