Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

[Toby Dollmann]

Dear James,

A few quick points

1.  I had clearly  ascribed the uploading of these images to
"volunteers" and not to the "evil WMF".

" .. I see that the Wikimedia volunteers on Facebook blissfully uploading ..."

2.  The first image I linked to explicitly prohibits (in his CC-BY-4
permissions any uploading to FB).

 .. ''It is not allowed to upload this file to Facebook''

3. My talking to other volunteers directly triggers automatic problems
for the reason that Wikimedia community written policies are usually
diametrically opposite to real world best practices. "Assume good
faith" is a licence to abuse, and our very presence on-wiki leads to
misunderstanding of legal threats being issued.

4. Additionally, legal professionals operating within EU are subject
to stringent data privacy practices to maintain integrity of their
electronic communications. This leads to immediate "checkuser" blocks
if / when we post to Wikipedia, since our messages contain visible
identification strings. For instance my corporate account was blocked
on English Wiki yesterday within 4 minutes of notice to me being
issued, ignoring the community policy called "CBAN" which requires a
minimum of 24 hours. My request for clarification from the blocking
administrator is unanswered.  So I question your advising that I
directly interact with volunteers (unless they have WMF issued counsel
advising them).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Toby_at_Cyberlawpractice

5. By when can we expect your OTRS confirmation that the copyright for
WMF images uploaded to Commons by "G(ayle) Young (WMF)" were actually
owned or co-owned by WMF as you averred ? It is curious that these WMF
images were deleted on Commons, but are freely available elsewhere on
responsible Social Media under WMF's licence.

https://wikipediasux.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/more-wikimedia-crossdressing-shemales/

regards

Toby
www.cyberlawpractice.com

On 5/16/16, James Alexander  wrote:
> Actually those uploading images on the Wikimedia Commons FB page are
> volunteers
>  (I don't
> think they're all listed there but probably the right place to start), I'd
> encourage you to talk to them directly if you think there is a problem with
> their uploads instead of jumping to conclusions and assuming it must be the
> "evil WMF" doing it and using a great thread like this to try and score
> some points against them.
>
> For those interested:
>
> I know that the verified channels which the Communication team posts on
> frequently (Especially the Wikimedia  &
> Wikipedia  twitter and the Wikipedia FB page
> ) purposely follow a set of Best
> Practices
> 
> that include very explictly "Do not post media that is not either owned or
> co-owned by the Wikimedia Foundation (such as photos we take), in the
> public domain or licensed under CC0". They do occasionally post other CC
> images but only after getting explicit approval/permission from the
> copyright holder including how to attribute etc.
>
> On a personal basis I think the inability to post most CC images on SM
> sites is a massive problem for the licenses as a whole (and for many free
> licenses). This is not only because SM sites are such a large part of
> modern life right now (and so we are cutting off an important audience who
> we WANT using free images rather then repeatedly using more closed
> copyrighted material, though they are still doing that now ALSO against the
> SM Terms of Use) but it's also because it's so befuddling to people that
> they generally ignore it encouraging people to ignore the licenses in
> general. Not only the general public but those who know the licences well
> think of them as designed to ALLOW sharing so the idea that they can't
> share them is shocking to them (so they DO share them). In fact, contrary
> to your accusation, I don't know of ANY other organizations that ensure
> they are following the SM site Terms of Use and the CC licenses when
> posting. I've even seen Creative Commons itself, on it's official Twitter
> and Facebook accounts, posting CC images against the terms.
>
> James Alexander
> User:Jamesofur [Personal capacity, Staff account: Jalexander-WMF]
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Toby Dollmann 
> wrote:
>
>> Peter,
>>
>> You are right.and truly we are spoiled for choice
>>
>> It is very satisfying to observe that some entries from professional
>> photographers are nowadays explicitly stating their CC-BY-SA licences fo
>> rCommons do not enable their copyrighted works to be uploaded to Facebook
>> (and by implication to similar sites).
>>
>> eg: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cccefalon/fb
>>
>> And yet, I see that the Wikimedia volunteers on Facebook blissfully
>> uploading "Pictu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 2

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

Many thanks for the hard work. As I've been an observer to this round, and
as a former chair of the FDC for six rounds, I can attest that you have
done a very good job, discussing the details of all proposals.

While people may disagree with your recommendations or opinions, the
diligent approach and due care are, in my view, indisputable.

Best,

Dj
15.05.2016 7:30 PM "matanya moses"  napisał(a):

> Hello Wikimedians,
>
> Twice a year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets to help make
> decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to achieve the
> Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. For this round, we met
> in person from May 13-15 to deliberate on five plans and proposals, which
> were submitted by Wikimedia Armenia, Wikimedia Norge, Wikimedia France, the
> Centre for Internet and Society, as well as the draft annual plan of the
> Wikimedia Foundation. We would like to thank all the organizations this
> round for submitting these proposals.
>
> We have posted our Round 2 2015-2016 recommendations on the annual plan
> grants to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [1] The Board will
> review our deliberations and make a decision by July 1, 2016.
>
> This round, we received grant requests of roughly $1.25 million USD, and
> we have recommended roughly $1.14 million in annual plan grants (though
> grants are made in local currency). Before we met in May, we reviewed all
> of the proposals and additional documents submitted. We were assisted in
> this review with some input from the FDC staff assessments and analysis on
> impact, finances, and programs, as well as community comments on the
> proposals.
>
> There is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals about these
> recommendations. Here are the steps for both:
>
> Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s Round 2
> recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives to the FDC by
> 23:59 UTC on 8 June 2016 in accordance with the appeal process outlined in
> the FDC Framework. A formal appeal to challenge the FDC’s recommendation
> should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word summary directed to the two
> non-voting WMF Board representative to the FDC, Dariusz Jemielniak. The
> appeal should be submitted on-wiki, [4] and must be submitted by the Board
> Chair of a funding-seeking applicant. The Board will publish its decision
> on this and all recommendations by 1 July 2016.
>
> Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process can be filed by
> anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time. The complaint should
> be submitted on wiki, as well. The ombudsperson will publicly document the
> complaint, and investigate as needed.
>
> On a side note, all FDC members are flying back to their home countries,
> so we might be able to respond only in a day or two,
>
> On behalf of the FDC,
>
> Matanya [1]
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round_2
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

[James Alexander]

Actually those uploading images on the Wikimedia Commons FB page are
volunteers
 (I don't
think they're all listed there but probably the right place to start), I'd
encourage you to talk to them directly if you think there is a problem with
their uploads instead of jumping to conclusions and assuming it must be the
"evil WMF" doing it and using a great thread like this to try and score
some points against them.

For those interested:

I know that the verified channels which the Communication team posts on
frequently (Especially the Wikimedia  &
Wikipedia  twitter and the Wikipedia FB page
) purposely follow a set of Best
Practices

that include very explictly "Do not post media that is not either owned or
co-owned by the Wikimedia Foundation (such as photos we take), in the
public domain or licensed under CC0". They do occasionally post other CC
images but only after getting explicit approval/permission from the
copyright holder including how to attribute etc.

On a personal basis I think the inability to post most CC images on SM
sites is a massive problem for the licenses as a whole (and for many free
licenses). This is not only because SM sites are such a large part of
modern life right now (and so we are cutting off an important audience who
we WANT using free images rather then repeatedly using more closed
copyrighted material, though they are still doing that now ALSO against the
SM Terms of Use) but it's also because it's so befuddling to people that
they generally ignore it encouraging people to ignore the licenses in
general. Not only the general public but those who know the licences well
think of them as designed to ALLOW sharing so the idea that they can't
share them is shocking to them (so they DO share them). In fact, contrary
to your accusation, I don't know of ANY other organizations that ensure
they are following the SM site Terms of Use and the CC licenses when
posting. I've even seen Creative Commons itself, on it's official Twitter
and Facebook accounts, posting CC images against the terms.

James Alexander
User:Jamesofur [Personal capacity, Staff account: Jalexander-WMF]

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Toby Dollmann 
wrote:

> Peter,
>
> You are right.and truly we are spoiled for choice
>
> It is very satisfying to observe that some entries from professional
> photographers are nowadays explicitly stating their CC-BY-SA licences fo
> rCommons do not enable their copyrighted works to be uploaded to Facebook
> (and by implication to similar sites).
>
> eg: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cccefalon/fb
>
> And yet, I see that the Wikimedia volunteers on Facebook blissfully
> uploading "Pictures of the day" ignorant of all the legalese
>
> eg:
> https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.Commons/posts/1127382660617355:0
> https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.Commons/posts/1120943991261222:0
>
> Toby
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Peter Southwood <
> peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:
>
> > How can one choose amongst those photos? They are all excellent.
> > Peter
> >
> > -Original Message-
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> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting
> has
> > started
> >
> > Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started:
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015.
> > There are many excellent finalists.
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

[Toby Dollmann]

Peter,

You are right.and truly we are spoiled for choice

It is very satisfying to observe that some entries from professional
photographers are nowadays explicitly stating their CC-BY-SA licences fo
rCommons do not enable their copyrighted works to be uploaded to Facebook
(and by implication to similar sites).

eg: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cccefalon/fb

And yet, I see that the Wikimedia volunteers on Facebook blissfully
uploading "Pictures of the day" ignorant of all the legalese

eg:
https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.Commons/posts/1127382660617355:0
https://www.facebook.com/Wikimedia.Commons/posts/1120943991261222:0

Toby

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:52 AM, Peter Southwood <
peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote:

> How can one choose amongst those photos? They are all excellent.
> Peter
>
> -Original Message-
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> Behalf Of Pine W
> Sent: Sunday, 15 May 2016 7:21 PM
> To: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List; Wikimedia Mailing List
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> started
>
> Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015.
> There are many excellent finalists.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 2

[Anders Wennersten]

Thanks, for once, again a very thorough work done by FDC.

I find it very encouraging to see that this committee is able to 
continue with its good quality in its assessments and also to see it 
growing as a role model in integrity and also truly representing the 
community in values and experience gained from activities from our 
affiliates/chapters.


I do hope that you, both as a role model and in your hand fast 
recommendations, can help both the Board and WMF to also evolve into 
role models and fully taking in the learning from all parts of the 
movement. And that you will continue guide and follow up on the work in 
the chapters having employees.


Anders

Now having read through all text twice, and enjoyed it a lot






Den 2016-05-15 kl. 19:29, skrev matanya moses:

Hello Wikimedians,

Twice a year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets to help 
make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to 
achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. For 
this round, we met in person from May 13-15 to deliberate on five 
plans and proposals, which were submitted by Wikimedia Armenia, 
Wikimedia Norge, Wikimedia France, the Centre for Internet and 
Society, as well as the draft annual plan of the Wikimedia Foundation. 
We would like to thank all the organizations this round for submitting 
these proposals.


We have posted our Round 2 2015-2016 recommendations on the annual 
plan grants to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [1] The 
Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by July 1, 2016.


This round, we received grant requests of roughly $1.25 million USD, 
and we have recommended roughly $1.14 million in annual plan grants 
(though grants are made in local currency). Before we met in May, we 
reviewed all of the proposals and additional documents submitted. We 
were assisted in this review with some input from the FDC staff 
assessments and analysis on impact, finances, and programs, as well as 
community comments on the proposals.


There is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals about these 
recommendations. Here are the steps for both:


Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s 
Round 2 recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives 
to the FDC by 23:59 UTC on 8 June 2016 in accordance with the appeal 
process outlined in the FDC Framework. A formal appeal to challenge 
the FDC’s recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word 
summary directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representative to the 
FDC, Dariusz Jemielniak. The appeal should be submitted on-wiki, [4] 
and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking 
applicant. The Board will publish its decision on this and all 
recommendations by 1 July 2016.


Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process can be filed by 
anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time. The complaint 
should be submitted on wiki, as well. The ombudsperson will publicly 
document the complaint, and investigate as needed.


On a side note, all FDC members are flying back to their home 
countries, so we might be able to respond only in a day or two,


On behalf of the FDC,

Matanya [1]

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round_2 




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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

[Peter Southwood]

How can one choose amongst those photos? They are all excellent.
Peter

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Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015. There are 
many excellent finalists.

Pine
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[Wikimedia-l] FDC Recommendations for 2015-2016 Round 2

[matanya moses]

Hello Wikimedians,

Twice a year, the Funds Dissemination Committee (FDC) meets to help  
make decisions about how to effectively allocate movement funds to  
achieve the Wikimedia movement's mission, vision, and strategy. For  
this round, we met in person from May 13-15 to deliberate on five  
plans and proposals, which were submitted by Wikimedia Armenia,  
Wikimedia Norge, Wikimedia France, the Centre for Internet and  
Society, as well as the draft annual plan of the Wikimedia Foundation.  
We would like to thank all the organizations this round for submitting  
these proposals.


We have posted our Round 2 2015-2016 recommendations on the annual  
plan grants to the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. [1] The  
Board will review our deliberations and make a decision by July 1, 2016.


This round, we received grant requests of roughly $1.25 million USD,  
and we have recommended roughly $1.14 million in annual plan grants  
(though grants are made in local currency). Before we met in May, we  
reviewed all of the proposals and additional documents submitted. We  
were assisted in this review with some input from the FDC staff  
assessments and analysis on impact, finances, and programs, as well as  
community comments on the proposals.


There is a formal process to submit complaints or appeals about these  
recommendations. Here are the steps for both:


Any organization that would like to submit an appeal on the FDC’s  
Round 2 recommendation should submit it to the Board representatives  
to the FDC by 23:59 UTC on 8 June 2016 in accordance with the appeal  
process outlined in the FDC Framework. A formal appeal to challenge  
the FDC’s recommendation should be in the form of a 500-or-fewer word  
summary directed to the two non-voting WMF Board representative to the  
FDC, Dariusz Jemielniak. The appeal should be submitted on-wiki, [4]  
and must be submitted by the Board Chair of a funding-seeking  
applicant. The Board will publish its decision on this and all  
recommendations by 1 July 2016.


Complaints to the ombudsperson about the FDC process can be filed by  
anyone with the Ombudsperson and can be made any time. The complaint  
should be submitted on wiki, as well. The ombudsperson will publicly  
document the complaint, and investigate as needed.


On a side note, all FDC members are flying back to their home  
countries, so we might be able to respond only in a day or two,


On behalf of the FDC,

Matanya [1]

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/FDC_recommendations/2015-2016_round_2


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[Wikimedia-l] Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started

[Pine W]

Commons Picture of the Year 2015 round 2 voting has started:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2015. There
are many excellent finalists.

Pine
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Chris Keating 
wrote:

> * Does your discussion on Monday include the Code of Conduct and
> Confidentiality Agreement mentioned in the March minutes?
>

Actually, we have discussed and voted on them in April (minutes are in the
process of being approved).


> * Have you considered inviting community comment on these before finally
> adopting them?
>

We felt the need to make some amendments soon, but they are not written in
stone - I anticipate that, depending on needs, we may enter a process of
reviewing them in a wider process.



> * A number of community members have mentioned the idea of a formal review
> of WMF governance. In my experience these can be quite helpful* - has the
> WMF board considered this option?
>

We have not discussed this yet, but I will bring this proposal up at
Wikimania latest. Every organization occasionally can make good use of
governance review and consultation. It would be important to choose a good
advising organization (experienced in NGOs, as well as optimally in large
social movements and open source organizations). Speaking just for myself
and expressing my own opinion only, I think that the Board is quite open to
improvements, and the time for external suggestions is usally best exactly
after the body itself has done as much as it could on their own.

best,

dariusz
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

[Chris Keating]

Hoi,

Thanks for this update Dariusz. Good to see (reading this along with the
March minutes) that the Board is moving forward on some of these important
areas. A couple of clarifying questions;

* Does your discussion on Monday include the Code of Conduct and
Confidentiality Agreement mentioned in the March minutes?
* Have you considered inviting community comment on these before finally
adopting them?
* A number of community members have mentioned the idea of a formal review
of WMF governance. In my experience these can be quite helpful* - has the
WMF board considered this option?
* Has the Board conducted any kind of review or "washup" of the
circumstances around Lila's departure with a view to documenting
board-level lessons to learn?

Thanks!

Chris


(* For the benefit of people who haven't spent years observing movement
governance issues, I was the Chair of Wikimedia UK when we undertook our
formal governance review in 2012)


On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak 
wrote:

> hi,
>
> I'm just writing to give you a short report on how the Board is working on
> improving its governance and communication.
>
> In March [1], Kelly
> and I conducted an internal survey about our governance, preferences,
> vision on how it can be improved. Geoff and Stephen (from our legal team)
> have prepared a number of recommendations, based on the governance best
> practices.
>
> Currently, Maria and I are working on a proposal to the Board, that will be
> discussed on Monday[
>  >2],
> and that will address many of the issues that have been raised recently
> about timely communication, the level of detail in reporting, as well as
> transparency.
>
> Following our discussions in Berlin, we're going to expand our onboarding
> process for external/expert Board members. Apart from our regular
> onboarding (which includes legal training, mentoring from senior Board
> members, and for expert members - talking to people from the community, as
> well as selected readings about wiki-culture), we are going to introduce a
> short workshop, focusing on the most important things a person coming from
> the outside should know.
>
> I ran a short poll/discussion with the community
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Wikimania_2016_training
> >[3]
> on meta, to decide about the most important topics. "Copyright, copyleft
> and everything in between" as well as "Values and community dynamics of a
> global movement" have been selected.
>
> Guy and Kelly are really interested and looking forward to participating in
> the workshop at Wikimania, which will be also open to staff members. I've
> been in touch with Ginevra and Lorenzo, who have graciously volunteered to
> run
> the workshop
> <
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikimedia_Movement_Culture_workshop
> >[4],
> possibly with some help from Asaf.
>
> We are working quite hard on many fronts: the new ED search, the vacant
> seats' fulfilment, internal governance improvements, communication,
> onboarding processes, apart from our usual load. We still can do better,
> and I hope we are on a right path.
>
> best,
>
> Dariusz Jemielniak, "pundit"
> (a current WMF Trustee)
>
>
> [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-03
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-05
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Wikimania_2016_training
>  [4]
>
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikimedia_Movement_Culture_workshop
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Gerard Meijssen  wrote:

> Hoi,
> I wonder what you mean by doing better. Are you doing your best given the
> circumstances? If so you do what can be expected of you. When people think
> that is not enough, it is their problem. They are not in the same position
> and have no genuine grasp what the situation is.
>

I mean that I believe in continuous improvement, and always trying to do
better.



>
> In the way that your inform about the issues you are dealing with it is
> obvious that a lot of consultation is taking place. It is why I am happy
> with your effort. I dare anyone to do better and be a candidate for the
> next elections.Only people who bring positive suggestions at this time are
> likely to have a positive impact when they are elected.
>
> Dariusz, thank you for doing your job. Thank you for all the effort that
> goes into making a positive difference.
>

Many thanks, I really appreciate it! It makes this work worthwhile :) All
the best from the FDC deliberations...

dj
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
I wonder what you mean by doing better. Are you doing your best given the
circumstances? If so you do what can be expected of you. When people think
that is not enough, it is their problem. They are not in the same position
and have no genuine grasp what the situation is.

In the way that your inform about the issues you are dealing with it is
obvious that a lot of consultation is taking place. It is why I am happy
with your effort. I dare anyone to do better and be a candidate for the
next elections.Only people who bring positive suggestions at this time are
likely to have a positive impact when they are elected.

Dariusz, thank you for doing your job. Thank you for all the effort that
goes into making a positive difference.

Thanks,
  GerardM

On 15 May 2016 at 10:22, Dariusz Jemielniak  wrote:

> hi,
>
> I'm just writing to give you a short report on how the Board is working on
> improving its governance and communication.
>
> In March [1], Kelly
> and I conducted an internal survey about our governance, preferences,
> vision on how it can be improved. Geoff and Stephen (from our legal team)
> have prepared a number of recommendations, based on the governance best
> practices.
>
> Currently, Maria and I are working on a proposal to the Board, that will be
> discussed on Monday[
>  >2],
> and that will address many of the issues that have been raised recently
> about timely communication, the level of detail in reporting, as well as
> transparency.
>
> Following our discussions in Berlin, we're going to expand our onboarding
> process for external/expert Board members. Apart from our regular
> onboarding (which includes legal training, mentoring from senior Board
> members, and for expert members - talking to people from the community, as
> well as selected readings about wiki-culture), we are going to introduce a
> short workshop, focusing on the most important things a person coming from
> the outside should know.
>
> I ran a short poll/discussion with the community
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Wikimania_2016_training
> >[3]
> on meta, to decide about the most important topics. "Copyright, copyleft
> and everything in between" as well as "Values and community dynamics of a
> global movement" have been selected.
>
> Guy and Kelly are really interested and looking forward to participating in
> the workshop at Wikimania, which will be also open to staff members. I've
> been in touch with Ginevra and Lorenzo, who have graciously volunteered to
> run
> the workshop
> <
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikimedia_Movement_Culture_workshop
> >[4],
> possibly with some help from Asaf.
>
> We are working quite hard on many fronts: the new ED search, the vacant
> seats' fulfilment, internal governance improvements, communication,
> onboarding processes, apart from our usual load. We still can do better,
> and I hope we are on a right path.
>
> best,
>
> Dariusz Jemielniak, "pundit"
> (a current WMF Trustee)
>
>
> [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-03
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-05
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Wikimania_2016_training
>  [4]
>
> https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikimedia_Movement_Culture_workshop
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[Wikimedia-l] governance improvements

[Dariusz Jemielniak]

hi,

I'm just writing to give you a short report on how the Board is working on
improving its governance and communication.

In March [1], Kelly
and I conducted an internal survey about our governance, preferences,
vision on how it can be improved. Geoff and Stephen (from our legal team)
have prepared a number of recommendations, based on the governance best
practices.

Currently, Maria and I are working on a proposal to the Board, that will be
discussed on Monday[
2],
and that will address many of the issues that have been raised recently
about timely communication, the level of detail in reporting, as well as
transparency.

Following our discussions in Berlin, we're going to expand our onboarding
process for external/expert Board members. Apart from our regular
onboarding (which includes legal training, mentoring from senior Board
members, and for expert members - talking to people from the community, as
well as selected readings about wiki-culture), we are going to introduce a
short workshop, focusing on the most important things a person coming from
the outside should know.

I ran a short poll/discussion with the community
[3]
on meta, to decide about the most important topics. "Copyright, copyleft
and everything in between" as well as "Values and community dynamics of a
global movement" have been selected.

Guy and Kelly are really interested and looking forward to participating in
the workshop at Wikimania, which will be also open to staff members. I've
been in touch with Ginevra and Lorenzo, who have graciously volunteered to run
the workshop
[4],
possibly with some help from Asaf.

We are working quite hard on many fronts: the new ED search, the vacant
seats' fulfilment, internal governance improvements, communication,
onboarding processes, apart from our usual load. We still can do better,
and I hope we are on a right path.

best,

Dariusz Jemielniak, "pundit"
(a current WMF Trustee)


[1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/2016-03
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_board_agenda_2016-05
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Wikimania_2016_training
 [4]
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Training_sessions/Proposals/Wikimedia_Movement_Culture_workshop
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