Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

2012-05-21 Thread Florence Devouard
Thank you Siko for answering. That's a mix of "curiosity" (for the benefits, pensions and so on) and of "concern" (on the responsibility side of things). Wikimedia France received several legal complaints in the past few years and the frequency is increasing. The inventivity and the boldness

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

2012-05-21 Thread Richard Symonds
I'm asking from a purely good faith perspective, by the way: I tend to deal with HR here at WMUK, and I'll be dealing with it more and more in future. The more I know about how other Wikimedia orgs do things, Tyre better :-) Richard Symonds On May 21, 2012 7:09 PM, "Richard Symonds" wrote: > I m

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

2012-05-21 Thread Richard Symonds
I must admit to being curious, as do at least two others i've spoken to about this. With no benefits and no pensions, and what seems like hazy employment rights that vary from state to state (not to mention fellows from overseas) and person to person, this does seem a little odd. How much notice ar

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing 2 Community Fellow

2012-05-21 Thread Siko Bouterse
Hi Florence, I guess I didn't do a very good job addressing these questions in the earlier thread, so I'll try one more time :-) Fellowships are temporary roles, so they are not treated as full time staff positions. They do not receive retirement benefits, and generally the paperwork setup and as