Re: [Wikimedia-l] draft revised volunteer community survey

>... it's probably more effective to make your point directly Any volunteer organization with a several year history of declining volunteer participation should refocus its external advocacy efforts from actions which can benefit no more than a small percentage of volunteers to those that will

[Wikimedia-l] WMF Mid Year Financial Statements

The Wikimedia Foundation Mid Year Financial Statements and FAQ have been published in the Financial Reports section of the Wikimedia Foundation websit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] VisualEditor Office Hours for March & April

Reminder - the first of these is taking place today in about 10 minutes. The second will be on March 19 at 0100 UTC. Hope to see you there! Maggie On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Maggie Dennis wrote: > Hi, guys. > > I just wanted to let you know, so you could mark your calendars if > interest

Re: [Wikimedia-l] draft revised volunteer community survey

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote: > Ah. Yeah. The job of the "Community Advocacy" bit of "Legal and Community > Advocacy" is, as I understand it, to advocate for the community's need > within the Foundation, and act as a conduit to the community for legal > stuff. Their job is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] draft revised volunteer community survey

On 13 March 2014 11:32, Risker wrote: > Mostly, thoughthis just really feels like it is trying to take the > Wikimedia community down a path that has nothing to do with our core > objectives, and to turn us into just another advocacy group. I'm not > interested in that. +1 The Convention o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] draft revised volunteer community survey

On Mar 15, 2014 7:47 AM, "James Salsman" wrote: > > Oliver Keyes, okeyes at wikimedia.org, wrote: > > > >... I don't see a lot of things that are likely enough to succeed > > and provide a meaningful impact > > That's how I feel about copyright term extension efforts, but we have > been standi