Thanks Asaf for sharing this (for last 3 days I am thinking to send this email)
Hello Kelly :) On 14 January 2016 at 12:27, Kelly Battles <kbatt...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thank you Ad! > Hi everyone, I am Kelly : ) ! > > Seriously, very happy to be part of this amazing effort. > Have lots to learn but committed to doing my best. > Thank you everyone for giving me this opportunity. > Happy New Year and here is to a great 2016! > Best, > Kelly > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Ad Huikeshoven <a...@wikimedia.nl> wrote: > > > Hi All, and Asaf, > > > > Thanks for the advice Asaf. I've made a mistake and processed steps 1 and > > 2. > > Step 3 > > > > - what the mistake was, as precisely as possible (e.g. not "I used bad > > judgment" but "I neglected to look at relevant data before deciding to > > fund > > Wikimedia Antarctica"); > > > > I failed to welcome incoming directors to the board of the Wikimedia > > Foundation and I failed to thank outgoing directors of the same board for > > the time and effort they have spent. > > > > - that you are sorry about the harm/damage/waste/confusion your > mistake > > caused (being specific would demonstrate understanding); > > > > I'm sorry for this unpolite and rude behavior. > > > > - what you have learned from making this mistake; > > > > The Wikimedia Movement depends on volunteers and on the willingness of > > capable people to contirbute their time and effort. Volunteers not only > to > > edit Wikipedia and others projects, and commit to Gerrit but also spend > > time on governing bodies like the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia > > Foundation. For the diverse communities of volunteering people in the > > movement to thrive it is esstential to retain a welcoming culture and > show > > respect for those who do boring tasks and the janitoral work. > > > > - what steps you have already taken to redress the damage or undo the > > results of your mistake; > > > > So far I've done nothing to repair this mistake, except reading the > ongoing > > discussion on wikimedia-l and thinking about what is going on and > preparing > > this e-mail. > > To repair the damage done: > > > > 1. Hereby my welcome to Kelly Battles. Don't be shy to introduce > > yourself to this list. I wish you a lot of strength and wisdom while > > serving your time on the board. > > 2. Hereby my welcome to Arnnon Geshuri. You left Google in 2009. I > don't > > know if you were sacked or that you fled from the illegal practices > you > > were forced to commit in your position at Google. I sincerely belief > you > > have learned your lesson over six years ago. You now have a paid > > position > > at Tesla Motors, a company destined to disrupt the automobile > industry. > > Welcome again to the Wikimedia movement which does not aim to disrupt > > the > > automobile industry. Wikipedia does disrupt a whole range of other > > industries, but please be aware that Wikipedia started after most > paper > > encyclopedias were already out of print. I wish you a lot of strength > > and wisdom while serving your time on the board. > > 3. La bienvenida al movimiento Jaime Villagomez. I wish you a lot of > > strength and wisdom while serving your time on the board as CFO. I'll > > assume you will going to be or become Treasurer of the Board of > > Trustees of > > the Wikimedia Foundation. You will have a pivotal role in assisting > the > > BoT > > in performing a series of 'fiduciary duties'. I wish you a lot of > > strength and wisdom in your job. > > 4. Goodbye James Heilman, and thanks for volunteering your time on the > > Board of Trustees. You've been fired. Don't take it personally. > > 5. Goodbye Stu West, and thanks for volunteering your time on the > Board > > of Trustees. > > 6. Goodbye Jan-Bart de Vreede, and thanks for volunteering your time > on > > the Board of Trustees. > > > > > > - what steps you are going to take to mitigate or reduce the odds of a > > mistake of this sort recurring, including timelines for specific > > actions, > > if possible and applicable; and > > > > My preferred habit of welcoming and thanking people is in real life > > meeting, to have the opportunity to shake hands, kiss, hug, whatever, and > > hand over a symbolic when I feel like to it. Opportunities for them > abound, > > including, but not limited to the Wikimedia Conference in Berlin and > > Wikimania Esino Lario. > > > > - invite comments on your understanding as reflected in this post, > > explicitly encouraging people to tell you if they think you've missed > > the > > point or if one of your intended actions is inadvisable, insufficient, > > or > > can otherwise be improved. > > > > > > Please comment on my understanding as reflected in this post. Did I miss > > the point? Please tell me! What do you think about my intended and > > preferred way of welcoming incoming directors, and thanking outgoing > > directors? Is there a way to improve on this? > > > > > > Ad Huikeshoven > > > > P.S. > > > > The board of Wikimedia Nederland will meet on Thursday January 21st. > > Wikimedia Nederland is an affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation. It's > > mission is to further the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation and the > > Wikimedia Movement in the Netherlands. This mail was sent by me without > > it's content being read by fellow board members of Wikimedia Nederland, > > without the prior consent of the board of Wikimedia Nederland and without > > the prior approval of the message by the board of Wikimedia Nederland. > So, > > I'm taking a deliberate risk. > > > > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, everyone. > > > > > > It occurs to me this might be a good time to recycle this piece of > > advice I > > > have had some past occasions to offer some newcomers to the movement: > > > > > > *So you've made a mistake and it's public...* > > > > > > Step 0: > > > Understand that there is no point in pretending you have not made a > > > mistake. > > > > > > Step 1: > > > *Think* about the mistake you have made. What led you to make it? > Were > > > you acting on bad information? Without sufficient information? On > > > intuition? Were you pressed by a deadline or by a strong opinion from > > > someone else? Were you following a broken process? Did you act on the > > > basis of circumstances you wish were the case rather than the > > circumstances > > > that are in fact the case? > > > (if it helps, consider writing down your answers to these questions, > > > privately.) > > > > > > Then, think about what can be redressed/undone/reverted about your > > mistake. > > > > > > Step 2: > > > *Think* about the prospects of making this mistake, or a mistake of its > > > kind, again. How likely is it? Based on learning from this mistake, > > what > > > steps are you able to take to mitigate or reduce the odds of its > > > recurrence? Of those steps, which are you *willing* to take? Of > those, > > > which can you take right now, before responding in public? 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