Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
Still, in my assessment it is lacking on concrete details. There are many terms that are coined and movements cited which are not definitively explained, in some cases with hints that the departments doing the reporting have not themselves yet arrived at precise meaning. I suppose that, like the entree to the the full-course meal, this is the limitation to the medium: something to digest ahead of the full-course annual plan. An overall sense is one of transition. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 April 2015 at 17:48, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. [...] We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of a change in communication style, I like it. Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf is very nicely done). I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture look at the WMF I have seen: accomplishments, plans, honest assessments of challenges. Thanks very much! Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. This State of the Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission. Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action. The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year. Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise. The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf . You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/. We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kma...@wikimedia.org ___ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l ___ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list wikimediaannounc...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se 2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker risker...@gmail.com: On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. This State of the Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission. Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action . The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year. Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise. The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf . You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/. We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kma...@wikimedia.org Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
Actually, it appears it is also published here: https://meta.wikimedia. org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation (Heather Walls sent me the link). This is good - but the document on Commons points to a serious usability issue; the combination of faint print and small font made it unreadable for me, a person with fairly normal vision. The Commons page should probably also have a link to the Meta page. Risker/Anne On 2 April 2015 at 16:35, Jan Ainali jan.ain...@wikimedia.se wrote: Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se 2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker risker...@gmail.com: On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. This State of the Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission. Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action . The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year. Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise. The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf . You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/ . We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kma...@wikimedia.org Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. [...] We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of a change in communication style, I like it. Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf is very nicely done). Best, Andreas ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
On Apr 2, 2015 4:39 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, it appears it is also published here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommunicationsState_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation (Heather Walls sent me the link). This is good - but the document on Commons points to a serious usability issue; the combination of faint print and small font made it unreadable for me, a person with fairly normal vision. The Commons page should probably also have a link to the Meta page. Risker/Anne On 2 April 2015 at 16:35, Jan Ainali jan.ain...@wikimedia.se wrote: Risker: For your convenience: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se 2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker risker...@gmail.com: On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. This State of the Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission. Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action . The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year. Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise. The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf . You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/ . We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kma...@wikimedia.org Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this.
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. This State of the Wikimedia Foundation https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf report provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment of key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis on data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work supports our mission. Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had differing familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments -- the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began pulling together information as a baseline reference so we would better understand each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call to Action for 2015 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action . The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to focus the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include improving the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, our new COO https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/, will manage its implementation over the coming year. Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide the strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only against the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work of the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an annual exercise. The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a wiki here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf . You can also find more information in our blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/. We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kma...@wikimedia.org Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? I am looking forward to reading this. Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] New Wikimedia Foundation report on activities in 2014
On 2 April 2015 at 17:48, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Katherine Maher kma...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi all, Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in calendar year 2014. [...] Although the information in the report was originally gathered in response to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a report from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, sharing insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel there are development areas. [...] We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. Thanks, Katherine [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to Juliet Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! Thanks. This looks indeed like a candid report. If it's an indication of a change in communication style, I like it. Good to have it available on Meta as well as in pdf format (I think the pdf is very nicely done). I agree, pretty much. This is probably the best 'big picture look at the WMF I have seen: accomplishments, plans, honest assessments of challenges. Thanks very much! Risker/Anne ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
