Actually, it appears it is also published here: https://meta.wikimedia. org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation
(Heather Walls sent me the link). This is good - but the document on Commons points to a serious usability issue; the combination of faint print and small font made it unreadable for me, a person with fairly normal vision. The Commons page should probably also have a link to the Meta page. Risker/Anne On 2 April 2015 at 16:35, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> wrote: > Risker: For your convenience: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ainali/sandbox > > > > *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* > > Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> > 0729 - 67 29 48 > > > *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens > samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* > Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> > > > 2015-04-02 22:22 GMT+02:00 Risker <[email protected]>: > > > On 2 April 2015 at 15:31, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Today the Wikimedia Foundation published a report on its activities in > > > calendar year 2014. > > > > > > This State of the Wikimedia Foundation > > > < > > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf > > > > > > > report > > > provides a snapshot view of the Foundation’s major initiatives and > > > considerations during that period. It also offers a baseline assessment > > of > > > key efforts made by internal Foundation departments, with an emphasis > on > > > data-based results, project impact, challenges, and how our work > supports > > > our mission. > > > > > > Last December, the Wikimedia Foundation entered into the beginning of a > > > strategy planning exercise. As we progressed, we found people had > > differing > > > familiarities with the work, needs, and concerns of other departments > -- > > > the proverbial Blind Men and an Elephant.[1] In response, we began > > pulling > > > together information as a baseline reference so we would better > > understand > > > each others’ work. This report is the outcome of that research.[2] > > > > > > Although the information in the report was originally gathered in > > response > > > to an internal Foundation need, we planned to make it public as a > report > > > from the very beginning. It is intended to be relatively candid, > sharing > > > insight into where teams feel they have strengths and where they feel > > there > > > are development areas. > > > > > > The report also offers the first look at the Foundation’s internal Call > > to > > > Action for 2015 > > > < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation#2015_Call_to_Action > > > >. > > > The Call to Action is a set of actions for the 2015 calendar year to > > focus > > > the staff of the Foundation on our core functions. These include > > improving > > > the processes by which we do our work, building stronger community > > > relationships, and exploring new ways to expand free knowledge. Terry, > > our > > > new COO <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/20/wmf-welcomes-coo/>, > will > > > manage its implementation over the coming year. > > > > > > Finally, a note: the report is a standalone product designed to aide > the > > > strategy development process, and does not substitute for the Quarterly > > > Reports, Annual Report, or Annual Plan process. It is scoped only > against > > > the Foundation’s existing workflows in 2014, and not against the work > of > > > the Wikimedia movement overall. We have not committed to making it an > > > annual exercise. > > > > > > The full State of the Wikimedia Foundation report is available as a > wiki > > > here > > > < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation > > > > > > > and as a PDF on Wikimedia Commons here > > > < > > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:State_of_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.pdf > > > > > > > . You can also find more information in our blog post: > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/02/new-wikimedia-foundation-report/ > . > > > > > > > > > We hope you find it interesting, and welcome your feedback. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Katherine > > > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant > > > [2] Thanks to everyone at the Foundation who contributed so much great > > > information to their various teams sections. And a special thanks to > > Juliet > > > Barbara and Heather Walls who wrote and produced the whole thing! > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Katherine Maher > > > Chief Communications Officer > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Thank you very much for telling us about this, Katherine. I am unable to > > read the file on Commons (the print is far too faint, and also quite > > small), and I really don't want to download it. Is there an alternative? > > I am looking forward to reading this. > > > > Risker/Anne > > _______________________________________________ > > 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>
