Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
Glad to have someone from CC onboard, welcome Ryan! Paulo Katherine Maher escreveu no dia terça, 13/08/2019 à(s) 23:02: > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of > Creative Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief of > staff. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Olushola Olaniyan
Ryan, Congratulations!!! You are welcome on board. On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 23:01 Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of > Creative Commons, is joining the Wikimedia Foundation as my new chief of > staff. > > Many of you have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please reconsider!

2019-08-15 Thread Peter Southwood
I agree that a lot of review and comment is needed before some of these items can be considered ready for further development. The amount may differ, so why not use the Wikipedian method of allowing each recommendation to remain open for discussion as long as it is being actively discussed (and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Draft recommendations are here!

2019-08-15 Thread Peter Southwood
Done, Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Aron Manning Sent: 15 August 2019 07:01 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Draft recommendations are here! Peter, this is a very

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Chris Keating
> "*support the strategy core team to move the Working Group recommendations > into implementation within the community and Foundation over the course of > the coming year."* > > Does that mean that it has already been decided to implement those > rcommendations, irrespective to the views of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Jeff Hawke
"*support the strategy core team to move the Working Group recommendations into implementation within the community and Foundation over the course of the coming year."* Does that mean that it has already been decided to implement those rcommendations, irrespective to the views of the Community?

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Draft recommendations are here!

2019-08-15 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
Hello Leila, Just two quick notes on what you've said: *" We should get comfortable thinking about these trade-offs as we think about how to bring more diverse people and content to the project" - I face this argument constantly in my life as an active Wikimedian. University teachers tell we can

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Draft recommendations are here!

2019-08-15 Thread Peter Southwood
"All change has negative connotations to some members of the community". That statement may be true, but it is not useful. Not even slightly. It could serve as a preamble to a detailed exposition, but on its own in the specific context it just looks arrogant and incompetent. Cheers, Peter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy: Draft recommendations are here!

2019-08-15 Thread Peter Southwood
That is a way you can look at it, but is it realistic? (it would depend on details, which we do not have) SF is an expensive place to pay staff, and the SF point of view may be overrepresented. Spreading it around a bit may be better value for money, and could improve diversity and inclusion.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please reconsider!

2019-08-15 Thread Paulo Santos Perneta
I subscribe Ziko's request to redefine the timeline of Strategy 2030, for the stated reasons. Not only it looks absurd, looking at the quality of the published materials, which are obviously not fit for a final discussion on this mater, but also because there's no rush to present results already

Re: [Wikimedia-l] The timeline of the Wikimedia strategy: please reconsider!

2019-08-15 Thread Philip Kopetzky
Hey Ziko, I'm sure you yourself can point out the recommendations that are based on a year of deliberations and research than those that are not. It is pretty hard work to gather all the feedback from the last year as well as analyse, weight and incorporate it into the final recommendations. This

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread kayode yussuf via Wikimedia-l
Congratulations Ryan and welcome on board. Kayode Yussuf On Thursday, August 15, 2019, 10:59:16 AM GMT+1, Itzik - Wikimedia Israel wrote: Such great news! Welcome, Ryan! *Itzik Edri* Chairperson (volunteer) it...@wikimedia.org.il +972-54-5878078 On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 1:02 AM

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Kalliope Tsouroupidou
Welcome aboard, Ryan! Good to have you with us. Warm regards, K. On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM Isaac Olatunde wrote: > Good news Katherine. I wish you all the best in your new role Merkley. > > Regards, > > Isaac > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 8:56 AM Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Isaac Olatunde
Good news Katherine. I wish you all the best in your new role Merkley. Regards, Isaac On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 8:56 AM Itzik - Wikimedia Israel < it...@wikimedia.org.il wrote: > Such great news! Welcome, Ryan! > > > > *Itzik Edri* > Chairperson (volunteer) > it...@wikimedia.org.il >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Welcoming Ryan Merkley to the Wikimedia Foundation

2019-08-15 Thread Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
Such great news! Welcome, Ryan! *Itzik Edri* Chairperson (volunteer) it...@wikimedia.org.il +972-54-5878078 On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 1:02 AM Katherine Maher wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I’m excited to let you all know that Ryan Merkley, formerly CEO of Creative > Commons, is joining the