I maintain that I would love to have a formal universal feedback channel for Chapters work. It has to be drama-free, but transparent, and not moderated.
Feedback is occasionally not negative, and may contain thorough project ideas. -- svetlana On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 18:03, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > As there is this constant call for more paper work for chapters, it has to > be understood that this is exactly what kills the productivity of chapters. > There are always more people with their opinion why this that or the other > is amiss. They all have their arguments why they think they are right and > consequently contribute to the noise level that is already way too high. > > If anything we should look for ways of appreciating the effect of chapters > that does not make them beholden to every John Dick AND Harry and at the > same time gives them equal space to move as effectively as the Wikimedia > Foundation itself. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 23 November 2014 at 23:02, svetlana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To clarify: I would like to see a more strong mechanism for review of > > Chapters work. This includes thorough feedback channels about how Chapters > > communicate, how they spend their funding. Including means to dissolve a > > Chapter if a large chunk of people believes it is not working well (such > > as, providing inadequate support to the Wikimedia movement). > > > > This feedback channel is probably not here, but I feel this list could be > > an appropriate place to discuss how the above could be implemented. > > > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 08:28, svetlana wrote: > > > I disagree, the question raised is relevant to the Wikimedia movement as > > a whole. > > > > > > On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 02:37, Austin Hair wrote: > > > > Fae, > > > > > > > > Please do not drag this list into whatever trouble you've found > > > > yourself in on another. Wikimedia-l is neither a court of appeals for > > > > Wikimedia-related lists nor a bullhorn for your personal grievances. > > > > > > > > Austin > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Darcy, > > > > > > > > > > I am concerned at what appears to be deliberate suppression of > > > > > questions raising governance related issues from the wikimedia UK > > > > > email list. The email below is an example. The list was always > > > > > intended to be independent of the UK chapter, though one of the > > > > > moderators is one of your employees. > > > > > > > > > > Could you please confirm that neither you, nor your employees, are > > > > > manipulating this public list to your political advantage. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Fae > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > > > From: Fæ <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: 18 November 2014 at 19:24 > > > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Welcome ro D'Arcy Myers > > > > > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > > > > > Cc: [email protected], Harry Mitchell <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It would be nice to hear from the board how this was discussed before > > > > > offering the interim position. After all, in the several interviews I > > > > > took part in for WMUK staff, pretty much the first basic question was > > > > > along the lines of 'have you ever edited Wikipedia?' as a way of > > > > > assessing what the candidate knows about Wikimedia; so I can not > > > > > believe this would come as a surprise considering how sensitive the > > > > > board is on COI and its perception by our community. > > > > > > > > > > Fae > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 18 November 2014 19:13, geni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On 18 November 2014 18:55, geni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> [[user:Dcfmyers]] has no other edits. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >> > > > > >> whoops missed a couple of deleted ones 2 edits to [[George More > > O'Ferrall]]. A direct copy and paste of > > > > >> > > > > >> http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/527160/ > > > > >> > > > > >> In fairness copyright is a pretty blameless error for new editors > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> geni > > > > >> > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > > >> Wikimedia UK mailing list > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > > > >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > > Personal and confidential, please do not circulate or re-quote. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
