It is great to hear how you are working to learn about the vast Wikimedia community, its projects, its priorities and its challenges, Lila.
I'm thinking there's something else that all of us should help you celebrate as well: after only a few weeks on the job, being named to the Forbes list of the 100 most powerful women: http://www.forbes.com/profile/lila-tretikov/ That's a great start. Risker On 28 May 2014 08:58, Anna Torres <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > Great to hearing your experience. As being a new ED too (3 months now) I > can indentify myself with your experience: the first month is about > listening and getting to know :) > > All the best for what is to come! Hope to meeting you asap! > > Hugs from Argentina. > > > 2014-05-28 2:48 GMT-03:00 Nurunnaby Chowdhury <[email protected]>: > > > +1 > > Thank you for this write-up. Happy to read..:) > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 7:24 AM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Lila Tretikov wrote: > > > >I wanted to give you an update on my first three weeks of Wikimedia > > > >immersion -- this will also go on the blog. As you probably noticed, > my > > > >leadership approach is rooted in observation and focused discussions > -- > > > >this means I watch and listen more than I talk. But I expect that you > > are > > > >probably curious about what I have observed and learned so far, and to > > > >know a little more about who I am. > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > Thank you for this write-up. It was nice to read. :-) > > > > > > >Your recommendations on areas you see as priorities for development > > > >(while keeping in mind that not everything can be a priority at > > > >once!); [...] > > > > > > I think this continues to be a huge pain point. Developer resources are > > > scarce and expensive and there's often a feeling that the latest > > Wikimedia > > > Foundation initiatives trump all other worthwhile projects. I think we > > > need to find a better way to more fairly allocate resources. > > > > > > As a concrete example, there continue to be dozens of Wikimedia > > Foundation > > > developers and other staff specifically focused on the English > Wikipedia > > > and sometimes Wikimedia Commons, while the other sister projects such > as > > > Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and Wikisource continue to receive almost no > > direct > > > attention. (Over the past few years, even the term "sister projects" > has > > > become mildly insulting. These projects are more accurately the > > red-headed > > > stepchild projects.) This won't happen quickly, but we must make it a > > goal > > > to do better in this area. > > > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Nurunnaby Chowdhury Hasive* > > Administrator | Bengali Wikipedia< > > http://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/user:nhasive> > > Member | IEG Committee, Wikimedia > > Foundation<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/People> > > Social Media Interaction Expert | The Daily > > Prothom-Alo<http://www.prothom-alo.com> > > Bangladesh Ambassador | Open Knowledge Foundation Network > > <http://www.okfn.org> > > Treasurer | Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) <http://www.bdosn.org > > > > Task Force Member | Mozilla Bangladesh <http://www.mozillabd.org> > > fb.com/nhasive | @nhasive <http://www.twitter.com/nhasive> | Skype: > > nhasive > > | www.nhasive.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Anna Torres Adell > Directora Ejecutiva > *A.C Wikimedia Argentina* > > *Imprime este correo solo si es realmente necesario* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected]<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/[email protected]> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
