Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF narrowing focus (was Re: Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 105, Issue 1)

2012-12-04 Thread Denny Vrandečić
As far as I understood the rationale for the narrowing, the idea is not to safe money but to safe people. By focusing on what the Foundation's tasks should be and by letting go of the others, you reduce stress on people as you allow them to concentrate on a smaller set of tasks. Focus brings flow b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF narrowing focus (was Re: Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 105, Issue 1)

2012-12-03 Thread ENWP Pine
Thanks Sue. I am cautious when there are specific cuts such as Fellowships in exchange for indeterminate benefits. That makes a cost-benefit analysis difficult to do. Maybe this is a good tradeoff, but from the information that's publicly available, I'm still particularly concerned about the l