Hoi, It is not only staff that suffer. It is really depressing what goes on. I find that I do less than I used to do. It is the little things that keep me going.. I blogged about it ..
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2016/02/wikidata-little-things.html Be good, be gentle Gerard On 25 February 2016 at 14:04, Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday, 25 February 2016, Ariel Glenn WMF <ar...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > <snip> > > > Make no mistake, this is not just about an ED. It's also about failure > of > > oversight, powerlessness of staff, and a culture of exclusion, among > other > > things. If, as I hope, the Board acts decisively to remove the current > ED, > > that will only be the first step in a mountain of work ahead of us. > Hard, > > painful, exhausting work. But we can't begin to get started on it until > > that first step is taken. > > > > I'd like to highlight this point in particular. It also echoes Oliver > Keyes statement yesterday. > > When the Board makes its next official statement detailing its response to > the current situation, I sincerely hope that it does not only address the > ED. That is a necessary statement, but would not be a sufficient one. > > I hope that the statement will ALSO include some degree of detail about HOW > the board will also address the problems of governance and oversight that > has led to the current situation. In the past, the WMF has required > Wikimedia-UK to undertake a formal governance review, and that might be an > appropriate precedent to apply here. > > I'm NOT calling for specific governance changes need to be > implemented immediately. That would be a mob-mentality, and any > immediately-implemented changes would be reactionary. Nevertheless, a > statement to the effect of "we're thinking about it, trust us" would not be > sufficiently believable at this point in time when trust is so low. So > instead, I really hope the board can make some specific (and therefore > accountable!) assurances about how it will be investigating changes to > governance over the next few months. > > - Liam / Wittylama > > > > -- > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
