Hello Fae, From my perspective, Dariusz is committed to improving the governance of Board. But, he is in a volunteer position, and is limited in the percentage of his time that he can devote to WMF Board business.
Even if he personally was devoting 60 hours a week to reforming the Board, it would be impossible to have a new plan in place this soon. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dariusz, > > Your email fits perfectly with my description of the WMF board: "have > not apologized or even changed a single part of their governance > processes, despite vague unmeasurable offers to look into it." After > many months there is no *commitment* to a date for any change to > governance, nor is there any specific or measurable commitment to what > the goal is for an "open conversation" or how that works. Knowing the > history of the WMF board, there will no doubt be a pre-prepared policy > or process and it will be implemented with barely any regard for > community views which will be "canvassed" after the fact as a sop to > "consensus". > > No, I have not forgotten that Arnnon had to resign, thanks for > pointing that out, and I recall how the WMF board unanimously > supported him staying just the day before, even though it was > absolutely obvious that he was not fit to be a trustee, and had he > stayed the WMF board would have been a ghastly joke in terms of ethics > for HR, at a time when the WMF's inability to do a professional job of > HR in terms of the most basic staff morale was becoming a public fact. > > Am I right that you were the chair of the governance committee > responsible for recommending Arnnon to the board and that you are > still in that position? Why are you still involved in the governance > process if you were responsible for this huge mistake and the > resulting PR disaster for the WMF and Arnnon? > > Thanks, > Fae > > On 2 May 2016 at 14:21, Dariusz Jemielniak <dar...@alk.edu.pl> wrote: > > 02.05.2016 5:22 AM "Fæ" <fae...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > >> > >> Perhaps we could stick to facts? > >> > >> In the very recent case of Arnnon Geshuri, the WMF board of trustees > >> proved themselves to be completely out of touch with the > >> community.[1][2] 314 Wikimedians took part in the vote of no > >> confidence, hardly just "malcontents", and 95% of those that took part > >> voted directly against the stated position of the board, who still > >> remain happy with their decision to keep Geshuri as trustee, > > > > You must have missed the announcement that he stepped down from the > Board. > > > > and have > >> not apologized or even changed a single part of their governance > >> processes, despite vague unmeasurable offers to look into it. > >> > > > > I posted three items that we're changing in the future recruitment > process > > quite quickly. Currently we have an ongoing discussion on how to reform > the > > Board composition, and I hope we will be able to have an open > conversation > > about these ideas soon (read: before Wikimania). > > > > I'm sure that some people would like the WMF to be more like a Telekom. I > > don't think that corporate standards and procedures are the answer, and I > > really would like the WMF to be what it was meant to be: a > mission-driven, > > knowledge organization in NGO/open-source environment, run by passionate > > employees in a strong, community- and staff- friendly culture, that > > delivers visionary results. > > > > We're far from there yet, but following Telekom standards is not the > > answer. The WMF should improve by all means, and it also should be more > > accountable - but this is why this year it returns to the FDC process > > (which has been one of my priorities to increase communal control), and > > that should provide sensible community's feedback. > > > > Dj > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
