Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Board nominees

2015-09-25 Thread James Alexander 
Thanks Pine, I've uploaded the file she was trying to send up on
foundationWiki for now at
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:RoleDescription-WikimediaFoundationTrusteeAppointment2SeatsSept2015.pdf.
I'll try to convert it into wikitext for Meta over the next couple days as
well (though obviously anyone who has some free time should feel free).

James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Pine W  wrote:

> Welcome Boryana. (:
>
> Will you be able to come to WikiConference USA in DC to mix with some of
> the community? This might net you some contacts that would be good for
> board candidates, employees, etc. moving forward. (From my perspective, we
> are sorely missing having the C-level engineering and technology roles
> filled.)
>
> I believe that attachments get screened out of the public mailing lists.
> Can you send a link to a JD on the Foundation site or Meta?
>
> My understanding is that the Board itself, with the assistance of
> consultants, has conducted searches for candidates in the past. You might
> check to see if there is a stack of CVs somewhere for potential board
> candidates.
>
> See you around,
>
> Pine
>
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Boryana Dineva 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > As you may have heard, I joined the Wikimedia Foundation last Monday as
> the
> > VP of Human Resources. I am so excited to be here and help to the best of
> > my abilities.
> >
> > One of the projects that I am currently focusing on is adding two members
> > to our board of trustees. I wanted to reach out to you and ask you to
> > nominate candidates that you think should be considered.
> >
> > I am attaching a role description that will provide more insight into
> what
> > the ideal candidates for these two board slots would be. If someone you
> > know comes to mind, please send the name of the candidate including some
> > information regarding why you think they would be great. Also let me know
> > if you know that person is interested in the position and can afford the
> > time commitment the role will require or if it’s someone you think may be
> > great but are unsure if they are interested or would have time to commit.
> >
> > Please email nominations to board-nominati...@lists.wikimedia.org by
> next
> > Wednesday, Sept 30th. I understand that this is a short notice and not
> much
> > time to nominate, but we need to find someone that can start in Nov and
> we
> > need to contact, screen, interview, etc before then.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your nominations and have a wonderful weekend!
> >
> > Warmest regards,
> > Boryana
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Call for Board nominees

2015-09-25 Thread Pine W 
Welcome Boryana. (:

Will you be able to come to WikiConference USA in DC to mix with some of
the community? This might net you some contacts that would be good for
board candidates, employees, etc. moving forward. (From my perspective, we
are sorely missing having the C-level engineering and technology roles
filled.)

I believe that attachments get screened out of the public mailing lists.
Can you send a link to a JD on the Foundation site or Meta?

My understanding is that the Board itself, with the assistance of
consultants, has conducted searches for candidates in the past. You might
check to see if there is a stack of CVs somewhere for potential board
candidates.

See you around,

Pine

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Boryana Dineva 
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> As you may have heard, I joined the Wikimedia Foundation last Monday as the
> VP of Human Resources. I am so excited to be here and help to the best of
> my abilities.
>
> One of the projects that I am currently focusing on is adding two members
> to our board of trustees. I wanted to reach out to you and ask you to
> nominate candidates that you think should be considered.
>
> I am attaching a role description that will provide more insight into what
> the ideal candidates for these two board slots would be. If someone you
> know comes to mind, please send the name of the candidate including some
> information regarding why you think they would be great. Also let me know
> if you know that person is interested in the position and can afford the
> time commitment the role will require or if it’s someone you think may be
> great but are unsure if they are interested or would have time to commit.
>
> Please email nominations to board-nominati...@lists.wikimedia.org by next
> Wednesday, Sept 30th. I understand that this is a short notice and not much
> time to nominate, but we need to find someone that can start in Nov and we
> need to contact, screen, interview, etc before then.
>
> Thank you in advance for your nominations and have a wonderful weekend!
>
> Warmest regards,
> Boryana
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[Wikimedia-l] Call for Board nominees

2015-09-25 Thread Boryana Dineva 
Hello everyone,

As you may have heard, I joined the Wikimedia Foundation last Monday as the
VP of Human Resources. I am so excited to be here and help to the best of
my abilities.

One of the projects that I am currently focusing on is adding two members
to our board of trustees. I wanted to reach out to you and ask you to
nominate candidates that you think should be considered.

I am attaching a role description that will provide more insight into what
the ideal candidates for these two board slots would be. If someone you
know comes to mind, please send the name of the candidate including some
information regarding why you think they would be great. Also let me know
if you know that person is interested in the position and can afford the
time commitment the role will require or if it’s someone you think may be
great but are unsure if they are interested or would have time to commit.

Please email nominations to board-nominati...@lists.wikimedia.org by next
Wednesday, Sept 30th. I understand that this is a short notice and not much
time to nominate, but we need to find someone that can start in Nov and we
need to contact, screen, interview, etc before then.

Thank you in advance for your nominations and have a wonderful weekend!

Warmest regards,
Boryana
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 11, Issue 38 -- 23 September 2015

2015-09-25 Thread Wikipedia Signpost 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Departure

2015-09-25 Thread Oona Castro 
Garfield,
I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours. It's been awesome to
meet you, to work with you and to see you dancing.

Thank you for all your support, ever, when we needed.

I'm sure you'll missed in the Wikimedia movement.

Oona

2015-09-24 18:03 GMT-03:00 Alex Wang :

> Garfield,
>
> I have deeply appreciated your guidance, humility, and humor whenever I
> have come to you for advice. You respect for our communities and desire to
> support them no matter how crazy the situation has been inspiring. You
> could easily create and enforce rigid processes and rules, but instead
> consider each situation uniquely and think creatively to support our
> affiliates and individual volunteers. I really appreciate that level of
> commitment. You will be missed.
> .
> Alex
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:57 AM, phoebe ayers 
> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Garfield Byrd 
> > wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > For the last four years, I’ve led the Wikimedia Foundation’s finance,
> > > administration, and office IT teams.
> >
> > Four years but I feel like you've been a part of the movement forever!
> > Thank you for everything. Your contributions include managing our
> > largest financial decisions and projects, but also have included many
> > quiet acts of support behind the scenes, from helping run Wikimania to
> > talking with contributors who wanted to know how to run their local
> > group better. You've always been present in moments of crisis and
> > emergency, and also in our most joyous moments out on the dance floor
> > :) You'll be missed.
> >
> > All the best with everything,
> > Phoebe
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Advanced Permissions

2015-09-25 Thread Fæ 
On 25 September 2015 at 05:46, James Alexander  wrote:
> Hey Fae,
>
> As you know that I'm responsible for the spreadsheet that your bot is copying 
> to make that spreadsheet (since you're one of the ones who asked me to make 
> the process more transparent) I would have really appreciated a more private 
> email before this public one. That said, yes there have both been some 
> changes on the private versions of the sheet that caused the public version 
> to break as well as very few actual rights changes which means I haven't been 
> looking at it often. Because of a back log of issues within my Trust and 
> Safety work I haven't been able to fully find the time to fix and update 
> everything but I actually have time set aside on my calendar on Monday to do 
> that :).
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> James Alexander
> Legal and Community Advocacy
> Wikimedia Foundation
> +1 415-839-6885 x6716

Thanks for your commitment to get this up to date.

Had my question been about the performance of a named employee, I
would have sent a private email out of courtesy. This was a simple
non-critical question about WMF transparency, following on from an
original open discussion a long time ago on this list. This makes this
list the best open place to raise the question.

I feel that it is ethical to all encourage volunteers to feel free to
ask questions about WMF transparency in the open. It would be a
positive and ethical approach to take. Making it appear that a
volunteer has done something wrong when they try to do so is not a
healthy direction to go in.

Thanks,
Fae

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