I think Mr. Geshuri schould comment on the issue.
And.... I don't know Mr. Geshuri, have never seen editing him. So i can't trust him, especially after the google scandal. > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 13:21:03 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] WMF trustee Arnnon Geshuri and part in > anticompetitive agreements in Google > > Anders, thank you for your thoughtful message; I understand your position > much better now, and see much to agree with: > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Anders Wennersten <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I used the word Superprotect but could just as well said the disastrous > > implementation of Visual Editor, which definitely was not the doing of > > Lila. And the very positive response to Community Wishlist i have read on > > this list (and on the talkpages), I have not co,me across any real negative > > feedback.across > > > > Yes, I agree -- the organization's software development processes are > improved under Lila's leadership. Significant positive steps have been > taken, no question -- and she certainly deserves some credit for that. > > I am happy to read that there were several in the tech org who initiated > > this, and that there is a positive feeling of it. I was 25 years ago for > > seven years was a manager of a org developing sw tools for 3000 sw > > developer (very similar the WMF setup) and I went through the process of > > going from inside-out. And I learned that the setup of "wishlists" etc was > > the easy part. I learned that when this was in place the internal org and > > roles had to be redefined (it was not upwards you had to look what to > > implement but to the community). > > > I don't know for sure, but my impression is that in this case, much of this > has been done simultaneously; internal structures have been changing > alongside the processes for community engagement. I expect there is much > credit for that to be shared among various parties, including Lila. > > And there were a lot of squeaks before the org got sorted out, but then the > > people got very stimulated working in a outside-in organisation. > > > > Glad to hear of this experience. > > > > And from this perspective I actually think the Board made a very good work > > identifying the competence Geshuri has which I believe is just what the > > Board and WMF needs just now. > > > That very well may be the case. I do not have a strong opinion on Mr. > Geshuri's competencies, and am happy to defer to your more-informed > perspective. I am heartened to hear that the Board may have done good work > in identifying and addressing certain missing competencies (even if there > may be separate issues with the specific choice). > > I do think there are two significant issues with Mr. Geshuri's appointment, > though -- the second of which has not been brought up yet: > (1) The Board did not apparently do basic due diligence in looking into his > background > (2) Mr. Geshuri himself did not highlight the Google firing issue to the > board prior to his appointment, which makes me wonder about his judgment. > > The problems associated with him is already identified and I am not denying > > these, but please give the Board also credit for their good work, not just > > blaming when (and if) they make mistakes > > > I am happy to do so, but I must say -- so much of the board's work is > invisible to me, that I rarely have enough information to do so. > > -Pete > [[User:Peteforsyth]] > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [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 New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
