Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-08 Thread Florence Devouard
Looks fine by me Sue. I also agree that restructuration is good,if only to avoid getting stuck in habits :) @Mathieu You argued that "if it work's, do not break it". Indeed, but precisely, the prior very wide focus of the WMF was not working so well. And some time ago, the board decided that WM

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-07 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, If there is a link to a chart of the organization, I would welcome to see it. The reorganization sounds good to me; personally I was especially interested in the parts that might have to do with the chapters. Kind regards Ziko 2012/12/7 Thomas Dalton : > On 7 December 2012 13:55, Pradeep Na

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-07 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 7 December 2012 00:04, Sue Gardner wrote: > First, we’re going to revamp Global Development. Starting now, that > department will be called Grantmaking and Programs. It will be co-led > by Anasuya (grantmaking) and Frank (programs). Anasuya and Frank will > have separate direct reports and budg

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-07 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 7 December 2012 13:55, Pradeep Nair wrote: > I read through the document and was genuinely confused as to what was > happening. This may be because I have little idea on the people and their > positions presently. I think the problem is that Sue's email was originally written for the staff l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-07 Thread Pradeep Nair
Hi, I apologize for top posting here. I read through the document and was genuinely confused as to what was happening. This may be because I have little idea on the people and their positions presently. I believe things would become more lucid if we could compare a before and after organizati

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-07 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le 2012-12-07 01:04, Sue Gardner a écrit : Hello folks, On-passing this FYI --- I hope the formatting doesn't break too much. If people want to discuss this, maybe the first person could put it on a wiki page (attached to Narrowing Focus, maybe?) so the discussion is recorded for other inte

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-06 Thread Anders Wennersten
From what we learned during our FDC deliberation, I see these changes to be very good (I have no competence re the engineering part and do not comment on those proposed changes) . The importance for us all to better understand impact of programs was one of the key learnings we had. And as I

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-06 Thread Sue Gardner
Hello folks, On-passing this FYI --- I hope the formatting doesn't break too much. If people want to discuss this, maybe the first person could put it on a wiki page (attached to Narrowing Focus, maybe?) so the discussion is recorded for other interested parties and can be revisited later, rather

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Fwd: Announcement: Wikimedia Foundation restructure (Global Dev & Engineering)

2012-12-06 Thread Abbas Mahmood
Hi Sue, What will happen to Oona once she identifies a suitable org willing to take over the Brazil programs? Abbas. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wiki