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2016-03-01 21:32 GMT-08:00 Andreas Kolbe : > The gift from the Brin Wojcicki Foundation is of a little bit of interest, > because its public announcement[3][5] came a mere three days after the > Wikimedia Foundation said[9] I see we're moving the goalposts back to an earlier

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On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Erik Moeller wrote: > > Anne, I have mentioned several times in the past few days here on this > list > > Sue Gardner's 2008 email suggesting that the WMF enter into an "umbrella > > relationship/agreement" or "business deal" with Google. In

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Popping back earlier in the thread a bit: The statement "The Board has decided unanimously to back Lila's continued tenure," was false. The statement "The Board has decided to back Lila's continued tenure," was true. The exact nature of any dissent doesn't need to be publicized, and really the

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Craig, I believe it is all free (not purchased), per https://www.google.com/intl/en/nonprofits/products/#apps#tab5 ("Google Apps for Nonprofits") On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Craig Franklin wrote: > My understanding is that the Foundation purchases certain

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> Anne, I have mentioned several times in the past few days here on this list > Sue Gardner's 2008 email suggesting that the WMF enter into an "umbrella > relationship/agreement" or "business deal" with Google. In case you missed > it, here is the link again: > >

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My understanding is that the Foundation purchases certain technical and apps services (cloud email, for instance) from Google. Cheers, Craig On 1 March 2016 at 12:15, Risker wrote: > > I cannot for the life of me imagine what Google sells that the WMF would be > interested

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Dear Anne As a community member *I* am interested in knowing if WMF (or Jimmy) is selling to Google - or to anybody else ... like the Chinese.[1] David [1] http://wikipediasucks.boards.net/post/762 On 3/1/16, Risker wrote: > On 29 February 2016 at 20:43, Andreas Kolbe

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Risker wrote: > On 29 February 2016 at 19:10, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > > > > > > > No. You are either transparent and honest, or you are not. > > > > Andreas > > ___ > > > > Or

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I discussed with both James and Jimmy the choice of the word "unanimous". I'm satisfied with their responses. The BoT had a straw poll to make a decision about the leadership in November and the result of that poll may or may not have been unanimous (I'm fine with it being a straw poll at that

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On 29 February 2016 at 20:43, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Risker wrote: > > > > > So please, let's stop pretending those two words mean the same thing. > > > > > They don't mean the same thing at all. But would you really

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On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Risker wrote: > > So please, let's stop pretending those two words mean the same thing. > They don't mean the same thing at all. But would you really dispute the statement that WMF leaders should be both transparent AND honest?

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If a board member mentions staff fear, you might ask if item 2 of the code of conduct [1] couldn't be rewritten so it's not a soviet-style catch-all that outlaws discussion about anything that happens within the WMF. Staff, if a board member mentions staff fear, you might ask if item 2 of the

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On 29 February 2016 at 19:10, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > > > No. You are either transparent and honest, or you are not. > > Andreas > ___ > Or you could be opaque but honest. "Honest" and "transparent" are not synonyms. There are

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Chris Keating wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > **To that end, the Board remains unanimously committed in > > our support of Lila in her role** and in her efforts to adapt her > >

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Chris Keating wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:58 PM, James Heilman wrote: >> > Regarding to Oliver's comment: "My concern is that when

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:58 PM, James Heilman wrote: > > Regarding to Oliver's comment: "My concern is that when staff reached out > > the Board replied with a letter indicating they had full and

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Similarly the following remark was made by Patricio at the all staff meeting in November: *"I want all of you know that the Board unanimously agreed to support our current leadership."* I would ask for the sake of the staff and community that a speedy and clear explanation of whatever vote

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:58 PM, James Heilman wrote: > Regarding to Oliver's comment: "My concern is that when staff reached out > the Board replied with a letter indicating they had full and unanimous > confidence in our > leadership." > > This statement is not really true. We

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2016-02-29 20:58 GMT+01:00 James Heilman : > Regarding to Oliver's comment: "My concern is that when staff reached out > the Board replied with a letter indicating they had full and unanimous > confidence in our > leadership." > > This statement is not really true. We had a

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > So my concern is not that you lost touch with staff. I don't > particularly care about any one person. My concern is that the *board* > did. My concern is that when staff reached out the Board replied with > a letter

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > On 2/29/16 2:25 AM, Molly White wrote: >> Thank you for your reply, and I apologize for how late this one is. When >> I asked how you intend to speak with the Board of Trustees and with staff, I >> did not mean what

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Jimmy Wales > wrote: > >> On 2/29/16 7:00 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: >> > A few days ago, Oliver Keyes said[1] here on this list that, even though >> he >> > had

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I agree with Dariusz on this, and have 2 additional thoughts: 1. I'm not sure that Silicon Valley organizations as a whole are more secretive than many NGOs. Some are famously super secretive - Apple. Others are not really - Automattic (Wordpress). Some NGOs tend to be very controlling of

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > On 2/29/16 7:00 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > > A few days ago, Oliver Keyes said[1] here on this list that, even though > he > > had already quit his job, he was scared to share with people the content > of > > the

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Do you believe the various non-disclosure agreements and non-disparagement > clauses that staff have to sign to work at the WMF should be public? Will > you encourage staff to share their content, in the interests of >

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On 2/29/16 7:00 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > A few days ago, Oliver Keyes said[1] here on this list that, even though he > had already quit his job, he was scared to share with people the content of > the non-disclosure agreement he had to sign as a WMF staff member. > > Do you believe the various

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > Intimidation about speaking up is a terrible and perverse thing to > happen in any organization. If that's a feeling that the organization > has had, I want to put forward the idea that it's over. If I were >

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On 2/29/16 2:25 AM, Molly White wrote: > Thank you for your reply, and I apologize for how late this one is. When > I asked how you intend to speak with the Board of Trustees and with staff, I > did not mean what technical means you will use. It doesn't much matter to me > whether you speak with

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Jimmy, Thank you for your reply, and I apologize for how late this one is. When I asked how you intend to speak with the Board of Trustees and with staff, I did not mean what technical means you will use. It doesn't much matter to me whether you speak with them in person, over email, over

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A couple of responses in-line below. Jimmy, if you would like me to be able to respond to issues on your Wikipedia talk page, let me know. It's been 4 years now since you censored me from writing there, which seems like a long time to hold a grudge. On 27 February 2016 at 14:39, Jimmy Wales

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Hey Chris, that's great! I didn't know that. I really should have checked the [[Template:Citation needed]] edit history yesterday. There you are: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Citation_needed=17662960 Well done! Andreas Andreas On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Chris

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Anna, That too is largely due to volunteers. In early February 2002 for example, Jimmy spoke of putting advertising on Wikipedia, saying on the Wikipedia-l mailing list:[1][2] ---o0o--- However, with the ongoing hard times in the Internet economy, we do anticipate adding some forms of

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Cool. I think about [citation needed] all of the time when I am at work and we are expressing opinions. /a On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Chris Sherlock wrote: > > > On 28 Feb 2016, at 2:25 PM, Chris Sherlock > wrote: > > > > > >> On

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> On 28 Feb 2016, at 2:25 PM, Chris Sherlock wrote: > > >> On 28 Feb 2016, at 1:16 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Anna Stillwell >> wrote: >> >>> Jimmy, >>> >>> I have a ridiculous

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J'habite au Canada et rien ni personne ne peux ou ne veux porter respect et compassion aucune Limite. Un monde assoiffé de vengeance, méchanceté aucune reconnaissance . Je suis véronique Michaud Only Bye Le 27 févr. 2016 2:37 PM, "phoebe ayers" a écrit : > On Sat, Feb 27,

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Andreas, > It's important to understand that Jimmy Wales didn't accomplish the things you speak of alone. Yes, I'm aware of this. Perhaps I should have been more clear. I was pointing to the fact that Jimmy did not mess it up. I don't ever underestimate that. Jimmy could have not allowed that to

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On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > Jimmy, > > I have a ridiculous amount of respect for you and what you have > accomplished. I have watched from afar (I was living a lot in other > countries) as this radical experiment in trust *exploded* on to

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On 2/26/16 9:17 PM, Fæ wrote: > I hope you will be able to address nagging concerns about your > personal support for keeping the search project a secret last year, Sure - I never supported keeping the proposed and approved work on Discovery and Search secret last year at all. I don't know of

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On 2/27/16 12:15 AM, Brion Vibber wrote: > When it comes to your employees, setting the bozo bit is a *really* bad > antipattern. Doubly so when they're coming out of a bad situation and have > a lot to tell you. I completely agree with this - let me remind the context of my remark. For

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Jimmy, I have a ridiculous amount of respect for you and what you have accomplished. I have watched from afar (I was living a lot in other countries) as this radical experiment in trust *exploded* on to the world. It blew my mind. And some of the early rules that were set were nothing short of

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"I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR. What I am reading is a description of what HR should *already be*, and, crucially, *once used to be*." You're exactly right, Asaf. That's what I meant. Thank you for the clarification. /a On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:53 AM,

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I think that sounds like a good idea. Some extra, temporary support would be useful. But I worry about how reporting lines could lead to duplicative efforts and a lack of coherence. If we get the right humans in human resources and then we also have someone reporting to the ED... As an employee,

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On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:37 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell > wrote: > > > Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity > > structurally, we should more likely try to renew the

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On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity > structurally, we should more likely try to renew the heart of HR and allow > them to work with Legal in partnership as they had done so well

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Phoebe, Thank you for your post and the shout out. And Oliver, I appreciate where you are coming from. Ideally, if HR functions properly (e.g., both legally protects the interests of the foundation AND caringly relates with employees as real human beings), then this role should already be

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On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 1:38 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Anna Stillwell > wrote: >> +1 to what Oliver and Vibber said. >> >> The situation is still delicate, Jimmy. >> >> Staff are being extremely kind to one

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On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Anna Stillwell wrote: > +1 to what Oliver and Vibber said. > > The situation is still delicate, Jimmy. > > Staff are being extremely kind to one another. I was blown away by the > respect and care that staff showed toward *the entire

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With all due respect to Lila's work, but IIRC before she started working for Foundation, it was said that the technology background was very important, but communication could be a problem. That may have been disregarded because the choice was already made or because volunteers complain about

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+1 to what Oliver and Vibber said. The situation is still delicate, Jimmy. Staff are being extremely kind to one another. I was blown away by the respect and care that staff showed toward *the entire situation yesterday *when we met as a group*.* We were mature, measured, civil, reasonable and

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Well, Jimmy Wales has said here in this discussion that he is "continuing to push for more disclosure and more openness." Maybe he'll be so kind as to tell you now that you can publish that NDA here on this list without fear of repercussions. I think we all agree that kind of fear should have no

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Dear Brion, your comments in this thread were wonderfully clear. Thank you. On Feb 26, 2016 8:15 PM, "Brion Vibber" wrote: > Just a quick note: > > * some of the big staff conversations are indeed being very carefully > note-taken or recorded internally. We are being very

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Anthony has hit the nail on the head here with "could be used to punish or intimidate staff"; the reason I, at least, am uncomfortable talking about the internal details here (beyond the obvious PR elements for the Foundation) is that there's a lot of ongoing fear about repercussions. A couple of

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It's not just NDAs that constrain you, staff. The WMF code of conduct (that applies to staff and trustees) reads, "People acting on the Foundation’s behalf must respect and maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information they

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Pine W wrote: > Something that I would like to understand is why so much WMF information is > cloaked under NDAs. It seems to me that this is philosophically at odds > with the values of the community, makes for poor governance, and provides

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Can we see your NDA please, Oliver? Anthony Cole On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Pine W wrote: > Something that I would like to understand is why so much WMF information is > cloaked under NDAs. It seems to me that this is philosophically at odds > with the values of the

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Something that I would like to understand is why so much WMF information is cloaked under NDAs. It seems to me that this is philosophically at odds with the values of the community, makes for poor governance, and provides cover for opportunities for mischief. I hope that recent events will prompt

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I would also like that. To be perfectly honest the NDAs are vague enough (deliberately) that it makes things very hard for anyone outside of counsel to really determine what might be a problem. From my perspective: so, as well as a prohibition on sharing anything we learn exclusively through our

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It would be a good thing if the Board and current or expected interim ED loosened up confidentiality on the employees. It helps internal morale and external confidence in reforms. George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Oliver Keyes

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:57 PM, Pine W wrote: > I admit to being surprised by the depth of the division between the ED and > staff that we are hearing about. Thanks to the Signpost and internal leaks > we in the community knew about the low marks in the staff survey, but I >

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I admit to being surprised by the depth of the division between the ED and staff that we are hearing about. Thanks to the Signpost and internal leaks we in the community knew about the low marks in the staff survey, but I guess I didn't appreciate that the situation involved more than widespread

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On 26 February 2016 at 17:15, Brion Vibber wrote: > > * There is also a big need for private conversations, which means many/most > of these talks won't be recorded and definitely would not be made public in > detail. Many won't feel comfortable in a recorded conversation.

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On Feb 26, 2016 3:30 PM, "Oliver Keyes" wrote: > > When I hear language about "ignoring those who are going to complain > no matter what" and, in an email premised on visiting and spending > time with staff, a distinction between the pool of people you'll be > talking to and

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If I may make an even bolder proposal: these chats with Brion and Jimmy can be, with the consent of everyone involved in each particular meeting, video-recorded. Asking for the videos to be posted in public might be a step that's too uncomfortable for some people (although I think that the

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > > I can't speak for Lila, nor should I try. But I know that for people > new to our world, it's really quite confusing. You hear a lot of voices > and if you've been around for long enough, you get to know which ones >

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Thanks for considering being the interim CEO Jimmy. Your visit sounds useful, especially "I want to better understand the outlines of what staff want from their next ED, so that information can be used to help guide the search." Fortunate for the trustees who are less proactive, that they can

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote: > On 2/26/16 10:39 AM, GorillaWarfare wrote: > > frankly, Vibber's communications with the Wikimedia community outside of > > the Foundation have far surpassed yours in clarity and transparency. I > hope > > that you will

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I'm guessing speculation at this point is just moot. The board will be deciding on this, and most likely in silence. If you have candidates, the best way to make their case is to send their names to someone on the board. I'm assuming they will at least announce soon a contact point for such

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On 2/26/16 3:46 PM, Theo10011 wrote: > Hmm. I wonder if Jimmy is going to be named the interim bosssomeone has > to be. No, that isn't going to happen. There has been some staff and board advocacy of it - the idea has been floated - but although I took the idea seriously enough to think

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On 2/26/16 10:39 AM, GorillaWarfare wrote: > How do you plan to communicate what you learn to the > rest of the Board of Trustees, and to those who will be instrumental in > shaping the changes that will happen to the WMF in the near future? Through email, Google hangout meetings, and in person

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Le 26/02/16 16:46, Theo10011 a écrit : Hmm. I wonder if Jimmy is going to be named the interim bosssomeone has to be. Speechless... Finding an ED is a long painful process, something that is bound to get more difficult after Lila and Arnon. The only question is, if the board brings back

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Hmm. I wonder if Jimmy is going to be named the interim bosssomeone has to be. Finding an ED is a long painful process, something that is bound to get more difficult after Lila and Arnon. The only question is, if the board brings back someone or chooses to promote/move someone around. Food

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Brion Vibber wrote: > > Diplomacy requires talking to your enemies as well as your friends. (And in > the real world, we are rarely all one or the other.) > > -- brion Yes, that I can see, and well said. Andreas

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On 2016-02-26 16:23, Risker wrote: Andreas, I think you are being unfair here. Whatever anyone's personal opinion of Jimmy, the bottom line is that WMF staff have expressed that the Board has not been listening to them. Jimmy is a board member. He's directly saying "I'm coming to listen to

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#Iamwithrisker On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Risker wrote: > Andreas, I think you are being unfair here. Whatever anyone's personal > opinion of Jimmy, the bottom line is that WMF staff have expressed that the > Board has not been listening to them. Jimmy is a board

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Andreas, I think you are being unfair here. Whatever anyone's personal opinion of Jimmy, the bottom line is that WMF staff have expressed that the Board has not been listening to them. Jimmy is a board member. He's directly saying "I'm coming to listen to you". And he's being transparent about

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On Friday, February 26, 2016, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > Brion, > > I understand you and Jimmy Wales go way, way back. But what is the point of > "coming together" with someone who, just hours before the Knowledge Engine > grant agreement was released, insisted, Diplomacy

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Brion, I understand you and Jimmy Wales go way, way back. But what is the point of "coming together" with someone who, just hours before the Knowledge Engine grant agreement was released, insisted, ---o0o--- 'To make this very clear: no one in top positions has proposed or is proposing that WMF

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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 5:39 AM, GorillaWarfare wrote: > I would be curious to hear precisely what you hope to accomplish from your > trip to San Francisco. How do you plan to communicate what you learn to the > rest of the Board of Trustees, and to those who

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Poo has indeed hit fans, as the metaphor goes. But that's hardly the time to STOP talking. I'll be coming down to the SF office as well next week to talk directly with Jimmy and with any staff (and board members!) who want to plan or brainstorm or vent or just share a moment of "aggghhh!" and I'm

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Enjoy your trip Jimmy. It's been about 20 years since I last travelled there. Let me know if you want me to join you for a strategic chat. Please consider declaring your conflicts of interest and conflicts of loyalty more publicly, or changing your role away from being a voting WMF trustee, say

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Ruslan it's different. Way different I would say, being head of staff is the role of the ED (when not steping down). A board member messing with that is doing something bad for the organization. If a board member is not happy with the result of the ED, his option is simple, talk about it with the

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I would be curious to hear precisely what you hope to accomplish from your trip to San Francisco. How do you plan to communicate what you learn to the rest of the Board of Trustees, and to those who will be instrumental in shaping the changes that will happen to the WMF in the near future? How do

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Jimmy, et al As yet, we have yet to have coherent believable reasoning for the removal of James Heilman from the BoT, but one of the reasons that has been put out there (rightly or wrongly) is that James was talking to staff about the state of affairs at the WMF. Is this trip not the exact same