Poo has indeed hit fans, as the metaphor goes. But that's hardly the time to STOP talking.
I'll be coming down to the SF office as well next week to talk directly with Jimmy and with any staff (and board members!) who want to plan or brainstorm or vent or just share a moment of "aggghhh!" and I'm very much hoping for the best. I think there's no expectation of magic resolutions, and Jimmy knows well that there's been mistrust and there remain serious open issues. But this is a rare inflection point, an opportunity to come together and seriously explore how we got to this point and what we can all do to avoid a "next time". Whatever the outcomes I'm glad to see Jimmy reach out and look forward to some "real talk" and a better understanding of how we all can make positive changes together. -- brion On Friday, February 26, 2016, Ruslan Takayev <ruslan.taka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jimmy, et al > > As yet, we have yet to have coherent believable reasoning for the removal > of James Heilman from the BoT, but one of the reasons that has been put out > there (rightly or wrongly) is that James was talking to staff about the > state of affairs at the WMF. > > Is this trip not the exact same thing that James was alleged to have done > all those months ago? i.e. talking to staff. > > Why are trustees, including yourself, only now willing to listen to staff > concerns? The time for that was BEFORE the proverbial poo hit the fan. > > I am seeing the announcement of your trip as nothing more than a "knight in > shining armor" routine, that frankly is too little too late. > > Warm regards, > > Ruslan Takayev > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Jimmy Wales <jimmywa...@ymail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Here is a note that I just sent to the staff mailing list (stuck in a > > queue at the moment, so some staff will see it here first.). > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > I am coming to San Francisco on Saturday for a few days to meet with a > > lot of you. I know many of you are not actually in San Francisco, so > > I'll be sure to set aside time for remote meetings as well. > > > > By now you of course have heard that Lila is leaving us, and my hope is > > that we're going to enter a new era of stability and productivity. And > > for that to happen, the board - including me - needs to hear from you, > > to listen and learn. > > > > Brion Vibber, who I hired as the first ever employee of the Foundation, > > said this to me on Facebook recently: "Jimmy Wales welcome back to the > > conversation. I look forward to how you address the current crisis, and > > hope it will involve the kind of careful listening and thoughtful > > consideration that I remember from 2001." > > > > That's what I want, too. I want to listen and I want to help the board > > make good decisions. > > > > For me, the mission - a free encyclopedia for every single person on the > > planet, in their own language - is what brought us all together. It's > > what keeps us going even in difficult times. But my view is that it > > doesn't have to be difficult times. Working at the WMF should be - and > > will be, I really think - a joy: the joy of working with the best > > colleagues, the joy of doing work that matters to the world, and the joy > > of working for the fantastic global community of Wikipedians. > > > > I'll be reaching out to some of you - probably starting with people I > > already know - but please reach out to me as well if you'd like to meet. > > > > I'm in SF from Saturday afternoon through Wednesday evening, so > > depending on demand, I may not be able to see everyone, but I'd like to > > get a good overview. > > > > --Jimbo > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org <javascript:;> > ?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>
