For people who don't follow the list as often as I do, it's this
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/WTXHJKXSVNF3YERD2WZ5FBS2SXSJ2OOE/
thread I was vaguely remembering. I thought I might've been too old at 20
to actually attend the conference.
On
This is the same conference as mentioned in the last email awhile ago,
right? If it is, I think it's important to mention that the age group is 18
to 35, unless that's changed. As I said at the time, my past self (I was 16
when I started editing) would've been surprised and disappointed that a
Hello everyone!
Are you getting ready for the GLAM Wiki: The Culture, Heritage and
Wikimedia Conference? The Conference will take place in Montevideo,
Uruguay, in November 16-18, 2023, in the School of Communication &
Information Sciences of the University of the Republic of Uruguay.
We are
Hi Michał
I'm very much trying to disengage as well but I cant while people continue
to twist what I am saying. I will try one last time, the suggestion was
made early in this discussion to sack staff in more expensive countries and
hire new staff in cheaper countries to do the same job. Such
Hi, I did not want to prolongue this lengthy exchange but since it refuses to
stop, and our Australian colleague keeps repeating on moral
bankruptcy... As a CEE person I would like to share a different
perspective.Dear Gnangarra, I am pretty sure your messages come from good
intentions
And an international organisation hiring more people in a city where employment
conditions are so expensive you can’t do the job properly is not?
Also no-one was recommending firing the current incumbents, or not that I
noticed anyway. Cheers, P
From: Gnangarra [mailto:gnanga...@gmail.com]
No, what I said was that firing people in one country then hiring some else
in another country with the same skills to do the same job just because
employment conditions are cheaper is morally bankrupt. With that just
hiring from certain countries because its cheapest with the least amount of
So leave them to rot because their standard of living is low and their
government is crap? Right.
From: Gnangarra [mailto:gnanga...@gmail.com]
Sent: 18 April 2023 13:49
To: Wikimedia Mailing List
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Reflecting on my listening tour
Hiring people
There is nothing stopping an organisation from paying a decent salary and using
fair hiring practices even when not legally required to do so, and still
getting more bang for their bucks. In what way would that be immoral? Cheers, P
From: Gnangarra [mailto:gnanga...@gmail.com]
Sent: 18
