Good points and thoughts here, Pine. *3. Governance*
*Decentralization*I think is non-ideal. If WMF becomes incapacitated or corrupted the whole ship goes down. I don't see how decentralizing the structure would prevent this happenstance -- or more importantly provide a solution or contingency plan. #4 Openness: Open culture and transparency would provide a potential improvement and would support a centralized structure.... *Empower Wikimedia affiliates*I like this. A lot. The more affiliates can work at a local, grass-roots level, with the support of various WikiProjects and initiatives like WikiEdu, the better, in my opinion *5. Finance* *Acquire adequate financial resources...*Yes, but with a more effective, focused, additional distribution. The free digital labor model is well and good for casual contributors but I think for folks doing significant heavy lifting it becomes a big problem. Focusing on paid positions -- really: aligning paid positions globally -- is one potential method and solution. For example, WMUK and WMDE have a full array of staff. Large chapters elsewhere (either city or country) have no logistical and/or administrative support. I believe WMF needs to invest in its infrastructure (i.e., people) more. And create a help desk type service that can address public relations problems for BLP issues specifically. :-) - Erika *Erika Herzog* Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle>* On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > 3. Governance > Decentralize the functions currently managed by the Wikimedia Foundation to > reduce dependencies and increase resilience of the Wikimedia projects, > communities, and affiliates. Empower Wikimedia affiliates and the online > communities to be capable of continuing operations, fundraising, and growth > even if WMF becomes incapacitated or corrupted. > > 5. Finance > Acquire adequate financial resources to achieve goals 1 through 4 within > the lifespan of the strategic plan's time horizon. > > I look forward to hearing the thoughts of others in the months ahead, both > on Wikimedia-l and on Meta. > > Regards, > > Pine > _______________________________________________ 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>
