Thanks the coordinators. I do not know everybody on the list, but I recognize there names of many excellent people.
I also see there a name which has rung a bell for me, and the sound of the bell was somewhat alarming. I checked and found indeed that the coordinator has a sizable block log on the Russian Wikipedia, their home project, for actions which include trolling and disruptive editing, and at some point had to be placed under a topic ban. The most recent block is one and half years ago. Which poses a natural questions whether the candidates were actually screened. Cheers Yaroslav On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Welcome. Thank you for joining us and offering your talents. > /a > > On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Katherine Maher <kma...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Welcome all! I am so grateful for your participation and perspective as > we > > begin this work. > > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 00:46 Tanweer Morshed <wiki.tanw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Welcom to all the 19 Wikimedians! I see, most of the names are familiar > > to > > > me. Thank you all for your dedication for the movement. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tanweer > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Tanweer > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Guillaume Paumier < > > > gpaum...@wikimedia.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > As most of you are aware, the Wikimedia movement has embarked on an > > > > ambitious initiative to discuss our collective future and determine a > > > > movement-wide strategic direction. [1] > > > > > > > > The movement is composed of people in many different roles, notably > > > > individual contributors who may not be affiliated with any organized > > > > group. It can be challenging to reach individual contributors and > > > > involve them in strategy discussions, since they may not monitor the > > > > usual communication channels, and they may not think that strategy > > > > discussions are relevant to them. > > > > > > > > For this year’s movement strategy process, the Wikimedia Foundation > > > > has decided to hire 19 part-time discussion coordinators to better > > > > bridge the gap between the strategy discussions and local communities > > > > of contributors. > > > > > > > > Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have concluded the search > and > > > > assembled a stellar team of 19 long-time Wikimedians, who have agreed > > > > to join the movement strategy efforts in this capacity. > > > > > > > > As you go through the team’s page on Meta-Wiki, you will see many > > > > familiar names. [2] The team is composed of Abbad, Bohdan, Chico, > > > > Gereon, Jonatan, Ran, Marco, Nahid, Niccolò, Tomasz, Robin, Samuel, > > > > Satdeep, Szymon, Oleg, Takashi, Todd, Tuan, and Venus. Because of the > > > > team’s geographic distribution, Jan Eissfeldt, from the Foundation’s > > > > Support and Safety team, has agreed to help lead the day-to-day > > > > activities of the group of Asian language coordinators. > > > > > > > > All the coordinators started on Monday for a 3-month contract, and > > > > they have already been hard at work, translating materials on Meta > and > > > > organizing the outreach to their local communities. [3] Some will > > > > focus their efforts on specific language communities [4], and others > > > > will support an array of smaller communities. > > > > > > > > If you are interested in working with the coordinators to bridge the > > > > gap with your local communities, I invite you to take a look at the > > > > description of the coordinator role, and sign up using the form on > > > > that page. [5] You can also contact them directly via their talk > page. > > > > > > > > I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who was involved > in > > > > this ultra-fast hiring process, most notably the Foundation’s Talent > & > > > > Culture team, who handled the recruiting and administrative > onboarding > > > > masterfully, and the Community Engagement department, who reached out > > > > to their contacts, thoroughly reviewed applications, and made this > > > > ambitious wave of recruiting ridiculously easy for me. > > > > > > > > Please join me in welcoming Venus, Tuan, Todd, Takashi, Oleg, Szymon, > > > > Satdeep, Samuel, Robin, Tomasz, Niccolò, Nahid, Marco, Ran, Jonatan, > > > > Gereon, Chico, Bohdan, and Abbad in their new role. > > > > > > > > > > > > Guillaume Paumier > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017 > > > > > > > > [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > > > > movement/2017/People/Strategy_coordinators > > > > > > > > [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > > > > movement/2017/Track_B/Outreach/Map > > > > > > > > [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_ > > > > movement/2017#Language_list_in_development > > > > > > > > [5] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_ > > > > movement/2017/Toolkit/Discussion_Coordinator_Role > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Guillaume Paumier > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > > 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 and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > 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> > > > > -- > > Katherine Maher > > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > 149 New Montgomery Street > > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > > +1 (415) 712 4873 > > kma...@wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>
