Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

Lawrence Lessig is an excellent suggestion, probably would be my Candidate A for the job if he wasn't 'besties' with Jimmy Wales..we have already had issues with the staff and board working together in secrecy without the community's knowledge, we should not have to go through it again.. I agree

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

Lodewijk, this is a very valid point, thanks. My understanding is that this process done in private has lost some of its credibility with the staff and the community, and thus I would like to get some understanding on how we can do that same process in the open, without offending anyone. In the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

While I love public discussions, I must say I always feel a bit awkward to discuss people in public, unless there is no other choice. To discuss people without them agreeing to it, may even be considered rude by some. You're throwing up names, which can realistically only lead to people

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

For the inside, I would think Yana W would be a good candidate, but as Raul Veede suggested on FB, it would be bad to loose her expertise in her current role. Dan, I think you are right that we are not yet ready to have a drop-in replacement simply because we should figure out what went wrong

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

I'm agreed with Dan and Nathan (well, Nathan's implied point) both. Right now we need stability. I'd much prefer an interim ED appointed from inside the organisation or movement, ideally someone who has been watching what's been going on. And then time for healing and reflection in that space of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

I met him, he's amazingly focused and radical, I appreciate his brand of intellect very much. But I think suggesting candidates for the ED position at this time is jumping two steps ahead of where we are. We just screwed up. We were all dragged through months of an awkward collapse of our

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

Lawrence Lessig has done wonderful things for the free culture movement (including making that very phrase famous!) I am pretty confident, given his recent interests, that he would not want this position,but he's well worth discussing anyway. Though I don't know Larry Lessig personally, I do know

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lawrence Lessig for ... WMF

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Yuri Astrakhan wrote: > I would like to continue the discussion of who, in an ideal case, would be > a good fit for the ED position. This person has to fit culturally, share > movement's values, and be a trusted figure in the time of