Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qualities for the next long-term WMF executive director

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Pine W wrote: > If the research results about qualities of effective managers have been > generally consistent for 30 years, then I wonder why so many managers in so > many organizations today have mediocre skills in those areas. > ​I'd

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qualities for the next long-term WMF executive director

If the research results about qualities of effective managers have been generally consistent for 30 years, then I wonder why so many managers in so many organizations today have mediocre skills in those areas. I also wonder, in WMF's case, what can be done to ensure that the next ED is robustly

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

I agree with Craig on the most reasonable interpretation of the limited commentary from the Board in recent weeks. Indeed, it would be quite normal, even expected, to include a mutual non-disparagement clause in any separation agreement, which by its very nature is confidential. Risker/Anne

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qualities for the next long-term WMF executive director

Well, the traits mentioned in the BI article are so commonplace in management literature (I can remember studying basically that same list almost 30 years ago) that they're kind of like mom and apple pie. There's a bit less emphasis on command and control, and a bit more human interest emphasis,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

To be honest, I consider it unlikely that Patricio or anyone else is going to discuss HR matters at length in public, even when they concern Lila, and especially when they could potentially be interpreted as negative towards a particular identifiable individual. For legal reasons, it might be the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qualities for the next long-term WMF executive director

On the topic of researching what makes someone a successful CEO (as opposed to a manager who may or may not be a CEO), it's interesting that the resources that I've found on the Internet tend to describe current trends in management fads (which aren't particularly helpful in our situation, IMO)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

+1. I would also very much appreciate Patricio explaining whether the "full confidence of the board" actually meant the full confidence: IOW, that a vote was taken and everyone unanimously agreed that Lila's continuation was the best thing. I note that Patricio, despite being Chairman of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:11 PM, jytdog wrote: > How do we work out what actually happened, and how do we resolve the > contradictions? > ​Several people have asked Jimmy to release his 30 December 2015 email to James, in which he apparently explains in part why James was

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Open and recorded WMF Board meetings

Thanks for the kind replies. The thing I really want to surface here, is the harder thing. It seems to me that what has gone on around James Heilman's dismissal, has some things to do with basic board processes being poor, and poorly executed, for sure, but also.. and this is the hardest part of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Qualities for the next long-term WMF executive director

> Food for thought: > > http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-best-managers-exhibit-these-7-behaviors-2016-1 I think that is great food for thought for managers of teams, definitely. I'm not sure it applies to managers of managers or executives; only because those positions weren't a part of

[Wikimedia-l] Qualities for the next long-term WMF executive director

Food for thought: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-best-managers-exhibit-these-7-behaviors-2016-1 Looking forward to further discussions in the weeks and months ahead, Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Colorado User Group

Congrats! Excited to learn more about your activities. Cheers, Alex On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Sydney Poore wrote: > Congratulations!! Look forward to hearing more about your projects. > > Warm regards, > Sydney > On Mar 6, 2016 4:57 PM, "Carlos M. Colina"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Colorado User Group

Congratulations!! Look forward to hearing more about your projects. Warm regards, Sydney On Mar 6, 2016 4:57 PM, "Carlos M. Colina" wrote: > Dear all, > > On behalf of the Afffiliations Committee, I am glad to announce the > recognition of a new Wikimedia User Group in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Colorado User Group

Fantastic! Great to see communities spreading over the mid-US. Can't wait to see a MO group! Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th

[Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Wikimedians of Colorado User Group

Dear all, On behalf of the Afffiliations Committee, I am glad to announce the recognition of a new Wikimedia User Group in the United States: Wikimedians of Colorado User Group [1] Among their objectives are organizing meetups of wikimedians in Colorado, plus organizing events to promote

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Katy Love to direct WMF Resources team

On 26 February 2016 at 16:54, Maggie Dennis wrote: > That said, the role Katy had previously filled will be an open new hire, > with opportunities for all to apply. It'll just take a little bit of time > to put the hiring packet together. > Following up on Maggie's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Hello! The pages were marked for translation but no notification was sent out asking for help with them. A mass message to the translators via Meta and an email to the translators mailing list might help to get extra help with the translations. Regards, Luis El 06/03/2016 03:56, "John Mark

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

The voters do not have to know English. The board members of a national organisation do things for which they might or might not need knowledge of foreign languages. As antanana pointed out, five of seven board members of Wikimedia Ukraine know English. The situation is similar in other chapters.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Agree with John here we are talking about two distinct needs one is the candidates being able to communicate within the boards hence the need for english, the second which is equally important is the need for Affiliates to be able to engage their community in the decision process and its here

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

The affiliates should be engaging their members and their broader ccommunit/stakeholders in this process, and to do that the members should have translated material to evaluate. -- John ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Is it a written rule that one needs to know English to participate in Wikimedia's governance? If it isn't, then the word "need" must not be used about it. If it is, it must be changed (and that would be a topic for a different thread). English is an important practicality, but demanding it goes

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

On 2016-03-06 09:26, Gnangarra wrote: You would think though that someone who wanted to represent all of the affiliates would endeavor to have their statement translated into as many languages as possible to ensure their message got heard by the most amount of people, even if they did it

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

You would think though that someone who wanted to represent all of the affiliates would endeavor to have their statement translated into as many languages as possible to ensure their message got heard by the most amount of people, even if they did it themselves using one of the many translation

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Hoi, You need at least to be able to understand it in the written format. To be blunt in the final analysis it is officials who elect these seats. Thanks, GerardM On 6 March 2016 at 09:20, Peter Southwood wrote: > Hi Gerard, > You don’t have to be able to

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Access and Participation in the ASBS

Hi Gerard, You don’t have to be able to communicate in English to vote for the representative who needs to communicate in English Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Meijssen Sent: Sunday, 06 March 2016