Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Deutschland: Abraham Taherivand appointed Interim Executive Director

[Arthur Richards]

Congrats to you both, Christian and Abraham!

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:43 PM Katy Love  wrote:

> Congratulations, Abraham, on this important interim role!!
>
> Katy
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Sydney Poore 
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to Abraham Taherivand for his new role as Interim
> > Executive Director, and to Christian for moving into his new position
> > as Undersecretary.
> >
> > And I want to recognize the good work of the WMDE Supervisory Board
> > for managing this transition process well.
> > Sydney
> > Sydney Poore
> > User:FloNight
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Dan Garry  wrote:
> > > Congratulations Christian! Having an advocate for the Wikimedia
> movement
> > in
> > > such a position is definitely a good thing. :-)
> > >
> > > And, congratulations Abraham! I look forward to working with you in
> your
> > > new role.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > On 8 December 2016 at 16:47, Christian Rickerts <
> > > christian.ricke...@wikimedia.de> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear Wikimedians,
> > >>
> > >> As Tim has already written, with effect from today I have stepped down
> > from
> > >> the position as Executive Director and handed over the business to
> > Abraham.
> > >> Tomorrow I will take the oath in my new position.
> > >>
> > >> I am looking back today at an incredible exciting, busy and funny time
> > and
> > >> I am proud to see what we were able to achieve together. I also want
> to
> > >> thank you for all the warm and cheering messages I received after Tims
> > >> announcement.
> > >>
> > >> WMDE is in very good hands with Abraham, with a great team and solid
> > >> structures and processes in place. Therefore I am leaving with a tear
> in
> > >> one eye and a smile in the other.
> > >>
> > >> Congratulation Abraham (!) and good bye,
> > >>
> > >> Christian
> > >>
> > >> Am 08.12.2016 15:52 schrieb "Tim Moritz Hector" <
> > >> tim-moritz.hec...@wikimedia.de>:
> > >>
> > >> Dear Wikimedians,
> > >>
> > >> Earlier this week I informed you that Christian Rickerts might become
> > the
> > >> Undersecretary of State for the new Berlin ministry of economy, energy
> > and
> > >> enterprises. This has been confirmed today and Christian has stepped
> > down
> > >> from his WMDE role.
> > >>
> > >> I am very pleased to announce that the WMDE Supervisory Board
> appointed
> > >> Abraham Taherivand as Interim Executive Director as of 8 December
> 2016.
> > >>
> > >> Abraham has joined WMDE in March 2012 and is the Head of our Software
> > >> Development department. He has been on the transition team during the
> > last
> > >> ED search, has headed our works council and has been appointed deputy
> of
> > >> the Executive Director recently. In his multiple roles, Abraham’s
> > decisions
> > >> have always been made in the sense of the Wikimedia Deutschland as a
> > whole.
> > >> With immediate effect, he has the full rights and duties of the
> > Executive
> > >> Director and will also continue to lead the Software Development
> > >> Department.
> > >>
> > >> This solution allows us as a board to approach the next steps with the
> > >> necessary calmness and deliberate thought. On 28-29 January 2017, we
> > will
> > >> meet for our regular board retreat and discuss all questions regarding
> > the
> > >> permanent filling of the ED position.
> > >>
> > >> Christian, once again a big thank you for your work with us.
> > >> Congratulations and a good start in politics. I would like to thank
> you,
> > >> Abraham, for your agreement to take on this crucial task and look
> > forward
> > >> to the further, close cooperation with you!
> > >>
> > >> I will keep you posted on future updates in the transition process.
> > >>
> > >> For the Supervisory Board
> > >> Tim Moritz Hector
> > >> Chair
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Tim Moritz Hector
> > >> Chair of the Board
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

[Arthur Richards]

Hi Isarra, somehow I missed your email from the 16th and only just noticed
it when I saw Kevin's response, which I think is totally spot on. I've
added some additional responses inline below:

On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:16 PM Isarra Yos  wrote:

> Okay, so you want to clarify... something, and build trust. What needs
> clarifying? What has been unclear? For whom, and building trust with
> whom? Are these even the right questions?
>

I mentioned this in my previous response:
"With the statement itself, we seek to gain clarity and shared
understanding about what design at the WMF is here for and trying to
achieve (at a big-picture level). Through the process of defining the
statement of purpose, we hope to build trust amongst the design group and
with their principle stakeholders."

So - what's been unclear? What it is exactly that design at the WMF is
trying to achieve at a big-picture level. Who are we trying to build trust
with?
Amongst people in the design group as well as their stakeholders (like
product managers and software developers at the WMF, users and folks in the
Wikimedia community).


> A problem here, from what you're saying, seems to be that things with
> Design have been historically overly complicated/confused, and there
> hasn't been good communication with other teams, with the community,
> even within Design itself. Though a step in the right direction, this
> seems to me like a continuation of that pattern, frankly. The more big
> words you use, the more passive voice, the more overarching 'themes' and
> less direct problem statements, the more you distance yourselves from
> what you're doing and who you're working with, and I would if anything
> strongly recommend the opposite. Keep it simple.
>

Thanks for this feedback, it's helpful for me to hear. Do you think that
the draft statement of purpose itself is overly complicated, or is it that
the way we have been talking about this stuff (like on this thread) is
overly complicated?
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

[Arthur Richards]

Hi everyone, a friendly reminder that if you would like to share your
perspective on the draft statement of purpose
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose>, please do so
no later than this coming Sunday, 27 November, 2016.

Big thanks to everyone who has been a part of the discussion so far :)

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 10:40 AM Keegan Peterzell <kpeterz...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Over the past few months the Design team members at the Wikimedia
> Foundation (user experience [UX] designers, design researchers, user
> experience engineers, and communications) have been working with Arthur
> Richards from the Team Practices Group to identify the high-level themes
> that motivate design at the WMF. These themes have been turned into a brief
> statement of purpose, whose intent is to articulate the vision and purpose
> behind design at the WMF. This statement will influence the future
> direction of design work.
>
> At this point the stakeholders are ready for a review of the draft
> statement. The purpose of this review is to gather a common understanding
> of its purpose, and to identify any key themes that may be missing from the
> high-level discussion. On the wiki page for the statement, you'll find
> these themes and what they encompass in the "Background" section. If you
> have an observation, comment, or concern about what is listed there, please
> bring it up on the talk page. If it is relevant to the review and
> understanding of the statement, it will be looked at for future drafts. If
> there are comments about design and the design process in general, we'll
> hold on to those until a time when they can be addressed for the broader
> discussion of design in general.
>
> All that said, here are the links:
> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose>
> * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Design/Statement_of_purpose>
>
> We look forward to seeing you on the wiki.
> --
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to review: Design Statement of Purpose

[Arthur Richards]

Hi Isarra, thanks for the excellent questions. Here's my attempt to answer
them:

The purpose of the statement of purpose is to gain clarity and build trust
within the design group and with their principle stakeholders. With the
statement itself, we seek to gain clarity and shared understanding about
what design at the WMF is here for and trying to achieve (at a big-picture
level). Through the process of defining the statement of purpose, we hope
to build trust amongst the design group and with their principle
stakeholders. So, the primary audience for this document is the design
group itself, with the stakeholders of design being a secondary audience.

Moving forward, that is once the statement of purpose is done, design can
take a close look at where it is now relative to where it wants to be as
defined by the statement of purpose. Design can then use that difference to
help make decisions about how we get from here to there (for instance to
help in making decisions about staffing, structure, involvement in product
teams, how to approach design problems, and so on).

Long story short, the statement of purpose is intended to be an organizing
tool - to create clarity through everyone understanding the purpose, and
trust by going through a collaborative process of definition amongst design
and their stakeholders - so that they can execute better and with decreased
friction.

A little more background and history:
As the Foundation has evolved over the years, there have been many
challenges and pain points around figuring out how design should function
and how it should be integrated into the various facets of the organization
(from product development to communications). Through all of the attempts
to address those challenges and pain points over the years, it's become
clear that the role and purpose of design is not well understood - at least
not in a shared and consistent way, which makes it nearly impossible to
find the right and lasting solutions. A few months ago, the Team Practices
Group was asked to help identify and resolve the major pain points - after
doing research, we agreed in conjunction with the design group that we
should pursue clarifying the purpose of design and validate it with their
stakeholders.

Does this answer your questions?

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:24 PM Isarra Yos <zhoris...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm going to ask this here since the talkpage on-wiki is a flow board
> and I find those very difficult to use, but I'm a bit unclear what the
> purpose of this is. All the things listed sound good in theory, but the
> language is ambiguous and very high level, to the point where it's hard
> to see how it applies in practice. Essentially, who is this for? What
> are the problems they are trying to address? What are they planning to
> do, and what will this mean in practice moving forward?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -I
>
> On 10/11/16 18:40, Keegan Peterzell wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Over the past few months the Design team members at the Wikimedia
> > Foundation (user experience [UX] designers, design researchers, user
> > experience engineers, and communications) have been working with Arthur
> > Richards from the Team Practices Group to identify the high-level themes
> > that motivate design at the WMF. These themes have been turned into a
> brief
> > statement of purpose, whose intent is to articulate the vision and
> purpose
> > behind design at the WMF. This statement will influence the future
> > direction of design work.
> >
> > At this point the stakeholders are ready for a review of the draft
> > statement. The purpose of this review is to gather a common understanding
> > of its purpose, and to identify any key themes that may be missing from
> the
> > high-level discussion. On the wiki page for the statement, you'll find
> > these themes and what they encompass in the "Background" section. If you
> > have an observation, comment, or concern about what is listed there,
> please
> > bring it up on the talk page. If it is relevant to the review and
> > understanding of the statement, it will be looked at for future drafts.
> If
> > there are comments about design and the design process in general, we'll
> > hold on to those until a time when they can be addressed for the broader
> > discussion of design in general.
> >
> > All that said, here are the links:
> > * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Design/Statement_of_purpose>
> > * <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Design/Statement_of_purpose>
> >
> > We look forward to seeing you on the wiki.
>
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] 2016 call for Board Governance Committee Volunteer and Advisory members [results]

[Arthur Richards]

This is awesome news, thank you everyone involved - particularly those of
you volunteering :D

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Nataliia Tymkiv <ntym...@wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am honestly delighted to announce the results of the public call for
> Board Governance committee volunteer and Advisory members, announced on
> July 15, 2016  [1]. We received nine applications, and after discussing
> them with BGC and reviewing the committee's needs and interviewing a short
> list of candidates,I have chosen five volunteer advisory members for the
> committee. I'd like to extend my thanks to everyone who offered to serve on
> the committee.
>
> Please find below a short introduction for our new volunteer advisory
> members. They are all quite well known in the movement and I think their
> insights would be helpful. They join the Committee once they sign the
> documents that Stephen LaPorte, our Interim Secretary, sent to them (the
> same ones as the Board members sign - the confidentiality agreement
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Confidentiality_
> agreement_of_the_Board_of_Trustees>
> , code of conduct
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Code_of_conduct_of_
> the_Board_of_Trustees>
> , conflict of interest disclosure
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_policy>).
>
> === Gayle Karen Young ===
>
> Gayle Karen Young is a WMF's former Chief Talent and Culture office. In her
> time at Wikimedia, she was accountable for building the current HR team and
> had an active hand in board development and staffed the board HR committee.
> She brings experience with the Wikimedia movement, with the workings of the
> Foundation, and through her own consulting work in leadership and board
> development with organizations in both the for-profit and non-profit space,
> and in technology and human rights.
>
> === Kat Walsh ===
>
> Kat Walsh is a former member of Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees,
> 12/2006-8/2013 (Chair, 2012-2013; Executive Secretary, 2009-2010). Now she
> works as an attorney specializing in copyright, Internet law, and free and
> open source software.
>
>
> === Tim Moritz Hector ===
>
> Tim Moritz Hector is Chair of the Board of Wikimedia Deutschland since
> 2014. Tim has been an active Wikimedian for more than eight years and was
> engaged in several positions on national and international level. His most
> recent engagement (with Frans Grijzenhout from WMNL) is focussed on
> building the capacities of board members in all Wikimedia-organizations. He
> is going to finish his B.A. in politics and german philology this month and
> shall work as an advisor to the ED at the "Academy for volunteerism" in
> Berlin beginning in September.
>
> === Ido Ivry ===
>
> Ido Ivry is a board member of Wikimedia Israel. He has extensive NGO
> experience, as well as business understanding, both in large corporates,
> NGOs, GLAM institution (National Library of Israel), and is currently a CTO
> in his own startup, developing open data solutions for city governments.
> Ido has been active on the Grants Advisory Committee and as part of the
> Simple APG Committee, working with many organizations in our movement on
> carrying out their missions successfully and effectively.
>
> === Ira B. Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) ===
>
> Ira Brad Matetsky (User:Newyorkbrad) is a long-time editor, administrator,
> and former arbitrator on English Wikipedia as well as a board member of
> Wikimedia New York City.  Professionally, he has been a litigation attorney
> in New York City since 1987.  He has broad experience with board and
> community governance issues, best practices, and legal requirements from
> serving with and representing a number of organizations.
>
> [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-
> July/084756.html
>
> Best regards,
> antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation executive transition update

[Arthur Richards]

Wonderful news, and and excellent choice. Thank you indeed, Katherine. I
eagerly look forward to what comes next!
On Mar 10, 2016 20:06, "James Heilman"  wrote:

> A very positive move. Thank you Katherine for agreeing to step up and take
> on this role. You have my full confidence :-)
>
> James
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Pharos 
> wrote:
>
> > Congratulations, Katherine!
> >
> > She is an excellent choice to navigate us through for this difficult
> time.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pharos
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Patricio Lorente <
> > patricio.lore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I’m happy to announce that the Wikimedia Foundation leadership team has
> > > proposed an interim Executive Director, and the Board has given our
> full
> > > support. Starting on March 14th, current Chief Communications Officer
> > > Katherine Maher (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Katherine_(WMF))
> > > will
> > > step into the role of interim Executive Director. We thank the C-levels
> > for
> > > their careful consideration in this process, and Katherine for stepping
> > up
> > > during this period of transition.
> > >
> > > In choosing an interim ED, the C-levels started by identifying
> immediate
> > > priorities for the coming months, including building trust, improving
> > > communications, and filling key leadership positions. They felt, and we
> > > agree, that Katherine is the right person to lead the organization
> while
> > it
> > > addresses these and other important issues. Additionally, this will
> allow
> > > the rest of the executive team to focus on critical organizational
> > > functions, including community and engineering management, fundraising,
> > and
> > > strengthening our human resources function. You can read more about our
> > > process and thinking here:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/March_2016_-_Leadership_Team_transition_planning
> > >
> > >
> > > Katherine has been with the Foundation as Chief Communications Officer
> > for
> > > about two years now. During that time, she has developed a versatile
> and
> > > effective team that serves the needs of the organization and movement,
> > > collaborating closely with other departments and the community. She has
> > > thoughtfully introduced new capacities and led her team through
> > > transitions, and played a critical role in shepherding the strategy
> > process
> > > and the annual plan, in collaboration with other C-levels. She is known
> > for
> > > listening to and empowering the people that she works with.
> > >
> > > For those who don’t know Katherine, she’s been a longtime advocate for
> > > global open communities, culture, and technology. She previously led
> > > advocacy for the international digital rights organization Access Now,
> > > where she worked on freedom of expression, access to information, and
> > > privacy. She has supported the efforts of citizens and governments
> around
> > > the world to deepen transparency and participation in her roles at the
> > > World Bank, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs,
> and
> > > UNICEF (where her team built wikis for youth participation in major
> > global
> > > issues). She is a member of the advisory board of the Open Technology
> > Fund.
> > >
> > > With interim leadership in place, our next step as the Board is to move
> > > quickly to plan and implement the search for a permanent Executive
> > > Director. We will be working together over the coming weeks to clarify
> > > roles and responsibilities in this search, and identify the best way
> for
> > > community and staff to participate.  We want this process to be
> inclusive
> > > and incorporate many voices. We look forward to sharing an update on
> our
> > > progress toward the end of next week.
> > >
> > > As interim Executive Director, Katherine will report to the Board.
> Geoff
> > > Brigham will continue serving as Board Secretary, and Jaime Villagomez
> as
> > > Board Treasurer, reporting to the Board in those capacities. As of
> March
> > > 14, Katherine's reports include the C-team: Geoff Brigham, Jaime
> > > Villagomez, Maggie Dennis, Lisa Gruwell, Joady Lohr, and Wes Moran. The
> > > Communications team will continue to report to Katherine for the time
> > > being, with support from the leadership of Juliet Barbara and Heather
> > > Walls.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > >  Patricio
> > >
> > > Translation notice - This message is available for translation on
> > > Meta-Wiki:
> > >
> > >
> >
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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Please welcome Kristen Lans, ScrumMaster

[Arthur Richards]

Hi everyone,

I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsten Lans to the Wikimedia Foundation, as
the first ScrumMaster [1][2] hire into the newly formed Team Practices
Group [3]. Kristen will be taking over ScrumMaster duties for the Mobile
Web and Mobile Apps Engineering teams.

Prior to joining WMF, Kristen worked for six years with the TED
prize-winning Encyclopedia of Life project [4], a free, open resource that
aims to provide access to knowledge about all life on Earth. Kristen helped
to pilot and facilitate the Encyclopedia of Life organization's agile
development and planning processes, and enjoyed working with the project's
global community of contributors. Kristen is thrilled to be continuing to
work towards open knowledge sharing for all at an even larger scale.

Kristen currently lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts with her husband and
dog, and is planning to relocate to the Bay Area by the end of the year,
and is looking forward to eating her way through the San Francisco's tasty
restaurants and taking advantage of the amazing outdoor activities in the
area.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScrumMaster#Scrum_Master
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering/imported/Mobile_team/Mobile_web/Roles_and_responsibilities#Scrummaster
[3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Team_Practices_Group
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Please welcome Kristen Lans, ScrumMaster

[Arthur Richards]

Of course I forwarded this without correcting a terrible typo, for the
record, Kristen's name is Kristen - NOT Kirsten ;)


On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Arthur Richards aricha...@wikimedia.org
wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I'm very pleased to welcome Kirsten Lans to the Wikimedia Foundation, as
 the first ScrumMaster [1][2] hire into the newly formed Team Practices
 Group [3]. Kristen will be taking over ScrumMaster duties for the Mobile
 Web and Mobile Apps Engineering teams.

 Prior to joining WMF, Kristen worked for six years with the TED
 prize-winning Encyclopedia of Life project [4], a free, open resource
 that aims to provide access to knowledge about all life on Earth. Kristen
 helped to pilot and facilitate the Encyclopedia of Life organization's agile
 development and planning processes, and enjoyed working with the project's
 global community of contributors. Kristen is thrilled to be continuing to
 work towards open knowledge sharing for all at an even larger scale.

 Kristen currently lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts with her husband and
 dog, and is planning to relocate to the Bay Area by the end of the year,
 and is looking forward to eating her way through the San Francisco's tasty
 restaurants and taking advantage of the amazing outdoor activities in the
 area.

 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScrumMaster#Scrum_Master
 [2]
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Mobile_engineering/imported/Mobile_team/Mobile_web/Roles_and_responsibilities#Scrummaster
 [3]
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/Team_Practices_Group
 [4] http://eol.org

 --
 Arthur Richards
 Team Practices Manager
 [[User:Awjrichards]]
 IRC: awjr
 +1-415-839-6885 x6687




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Arthur Richards
Team Practices Manager
[[User:Awjrichards]]
IRC: awjr
+1-415-839-6885 x6687
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