Hi Amanda and Maggie,
On the whole I am a great fan of this kind of office hour and believe it
does a lot to improve communication between the WMF and community members.
However this is not a problem of communication. The people speaking up
in this thread are largely not the people who are
+1 to Paulo's point, personally I would like to see us ease up on María and
this seemingly temporary paid role. It's not a sinecure, not an arbitrary
nepotistic position—rather, it looks like WMF would benefit.
If the people in this thread truly have the good of the organization and
the movement
Pleased to see an open meeting to discuss this being arranged by Maggie.[1]
Sorry to see that both WMF Legal and the WMF board fail to provide
practical governance advice on the consultancy and fail to address how
this is inappropriate according to the board's published policies.
It is a shame
Adam,
I understand that you would like to see María provide advice, but this is a
volunteer organisation – everybody, WMF paid staff excepted, works, and
contributes their expertise, for free. That includes board members. And I
fail to see why a board member who – according to Form 990 data at
I'm not sure reversing such a decision, with the consequent indemnisation
that most probably WMF will have to pay to Maria Sefidari, is the best
solution out of this conundrum.
If the evil is already done, it should be solved in a way that best serves
the Movement, and throwing such indemnization
On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 8:34 AM Fæ wrote:
>
> 1. It is peculiar that "established Wikimedians" appear to be
> expected to out themselves just to take part in Tuesday's Zoom call,
> which seems an unnecessary barrier.
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2021-06-29
Hello, folks.
I'm sorry for the quick self-correction. As implied in yesterday's email,
we pulled this together rather quickly, and rather than write the
announcement from scratch, we based it off of a different meeting. You
don't need to share details about your affiliation, etc., to get the
Maggie,
How widely was this role advertised? Where?
In 2019 Maria's partner invoked a process which, judging from the ensuing
furore, was known only to Foundation insiders. That episode ripped the English
Wikipedia community apart for months after, and still casts a long shadow.
In 2021 Maria
Hello all,
While this office hour will be attended by more than me, I want to be very
clear what my intentions are, because I understand that some people may be
concerned that I plan to show up to simply justify our decision. That’s not my
goal at all. My intentions are to share perspectives,
There is nobody in existence whose advice is worth crossing serious bright
lines in ethics of corporate governance and quite possibly legal ones. This
isn't a parking ticket.
Whether the offer and acceptance were made in good faith or bad faith leads
to the same conclusion: a completely
I strongly agree that whatever standards of governance the movement
develops should be adhered to consistently. I think it's entirely
understandable if folks are angry if WMF holds affiliates to a
different standard than itself. A symmetrical waiting period for Board
members seeking paid positions
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