On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Fae <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 October 2012 22:10, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: >> The consultant has apparently been chosen already based on a recommendation >> from Pavel. What other consultants were considered? What was the process? >> Did you get competing quotes? > > No, I did not get competing quotes.
On the meta talk page, Tomer says he had two offers. > I have had agencies and consultants approaching me ... Seriously? HR firms noticed the page on meta and cold called you? Wow. > .. but Pavel's recommendation was solid. > Unfortunately Ziko was unavailable on the day for the interview. > Considering that Stefan comes with a great recommendation and > experience of doing very similar work, this seemed a low risk > decision. I have never worked with Stefan before and have no conflict > of loyalties in this regard, I am merely going for a low risk > pragmatic decision to ensure tangible progress on our first and most > important goal for this year - getting a Secretary General > established. The resolution of the WCA is clear that the _first_ important goal is to incorporate. By 15 August 2012. It is a difficult decision, but it is not simplified by WCA's volunteer time being diverted to > If the Council wishes to pause progress and consider a more detailed > recruitment process with a number of bids against an open > specification, I can ask Stefan to stop or terminate at any time and > WMDE will cover those costs. Has Stefan already started? -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
