Rob, I think that you and I are asking similar questions. Hopefully, WMF will be able to explain how this position as currently described will exist in harmony with the current distributed nature of training programs, instead of being a step on the way to internalizing programs in WMF and building up a central staff to develop and run these programs. If WMF wants to fund more work in this area, which I think could be beneficial, then I think that the better way to go would be to enhance support for affiliates and community members in leading training development, perhaps by running a grant campaign with training as a theme.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) -------- Original message --------From: Robert Fernandez <[email protected]> Date: 7/15/18 8:44 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Concerns about WMF's "Manager of Community Development" job posting On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 2:00 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. It sounds like WMF intends to centralize the training and leadership > development work that in recent years has largely been done by affiliates and > grantees, meaning that affiliates should probably expect budget cuts, and > individual grants that have been used for outreach work would also probably > be reduced as WMF moves to take over this type of work. My chapter is unaware of any of this type of work that we do that will be taken over by the Foundation and we don't believe that a single paid position at the Foundation will somehow lead to the elimination of any of our many events or programs in these areas. We welcome more support from the Foundation in these areas. Could you provide a specific example of a program by any chapter that will be absorbed into this position? _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
