We can assume you decision was arrived at in good faith without agreeing
with it.

Keeping the report secret while a secret comittee reviews it and prepares a
response is, I believe, the wrong decision.

I hope you will publish the report now so that the response can take
account of comments by the WMF and WMUK communities

Joe
On Feb 6, 2013 1:28 PM, "Andreas Kolbe" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would suggest that real-world discussions like this do not benefit *at
> all* from quoting *editing* principles like "Assume Good Faith".
>
> It's weird and cultish. Besides, it is irrelevant. Good faith has nothing
> to do with accuracy of judgment, or objective morality.
>
> Andreas
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> I think it is more a matter of what standards "we" (as the membership)
>> should expect from a) the board and b) WMUK the firm (which is undoubtedly
>> what it is).
>>
>> I value you your contributions because you are always pushing "us" (the
>> membership, the board and the staff, i.e. the firm as a whole) to raise
>> our standards. Often what you propose is quite practicable, if it wasn't
>> for the other activities the organisation is doing. It is Jon's job to
>> organise those priorities. You may disagree with how he goes about that,
>> as no doubt we all shall from time to time. However, I am not sure how
>> helpful it is to question his good faith, short of supplying pretty clear
>> evidence to support what your saying.
>>
>> You have drawn certain conclusions from previous experience, but I do not
>> think that is anyway indicative of any lack of good faith. From my own
>> experience of dealing with the office - and indeed as reflected on the
>> list - one problem seems to be we have all been over-ambitious about what
>> we want to achieve. This has lead to the office becoming very hectic, with
>> a certain amount of over work. With current plans to recruit more staff,
>> this should lead a situation when WMUK (the firm) can more closely realise
>> the sort of standards which you advocate.
>>
>> Please don't hold back from raising these issues and advocating more
>> exacting standards - just be a bit more understanding if they are not
>> always met.
>>
>> all the best
>>
>> Fabian
>> (User:Leutha)
>>
>>
>> > Message: 5
>> > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:30:17 +0000
>> > From: Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>
>> > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Governance review
>> > Message-ID:
>> >       <
>> caltqccdx7o8geapatsvt+vn3jblukboehkjkimwe3grkvwh...@mail.gmail.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>> >
>> > I don't want background. I want you to publish the report now. You don't
>> > need any more response than "we're looking at it and are beginning
>> > discussions with the community, we'll have a fuller response in a few
>> > weeks". You could have written that months ago.
>> >
>> > Last time you used the "we need to prepare a response" excuse to delay
>> > publishing something you ended up publishing it without any response
>> > anyway and nothing bad happened, so your good faith is very much in
>> doubt.
>>
>> > On Feb 6, 2013 9:16 AM, "Jon Davies" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Tom, It might be sensible to check with us directly before posting. We
>> *
>> >> have* been preparing but need to get a lot of consensus even for a
>> >> 'short
>> >> response'.  I think your email was unfair to Chris and a little rude.
>> >> Please assume good faith.
>> >>
>> >> Phone me if you want more background.
>> >>
>> >> Jon
>> >>
>> >> On 6 February 2013 00:58, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> It doesn't take two working days to prepare a short response saying
>> >>> that
>> >>> the charity is now reviewing the report. In fact, that could have been
>> >>> prepared in advance, since it is the same regardless of the contents.
>> >>> It is
>> >>> extremely premature to be commenting on the contents to the press
>> >>> before
>> >>> we've had any discussion about it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Publish the report now. You've had plenty of time. You're supposed to
>> >>> be
>> >>> running an organisation that prides itself on being transparent.
>> >>> On Jan 31, 2013 11:15 AM, "Chris Keating" <[email protected]
>> >
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> > 31 January 2013 (target), 15 February 2013 (deadline) - Final
>> report
>> >>>>> > - this is expected by the end of this week and will be published
>> >>>>> promptly
>> >>>>> > (not necessarily immediately) when we get it.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Why won't you publish it immeadiately?
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> So that we have a chance to prepare responses for any media inquiries
>> >>>> that might result from it. As I say, we will be prompt about it, and
>> I
>> >>>> also
>> >>>> want to make sure there is a chance for the community to review the
>> >>>> findings before our board meeting on the 9th. Someone from Compass
>> >>>> Partnership will be attending that meeting, so if there are any
>> >>>> questions
>> >>>> or clarifications from the community, we can ask them then.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hope this make sense,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Chris
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>> >>>> [email protected]
>> >>>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> >>>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> _______________________________________________
>> >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>> >>> [email protected]
>> >>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> >>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> *Jon Davies - Chief Executive Wikimedia UK*.  Mobile (0044) 7803 505
>> 169
>> >> tweet @jonatreesdavies
>> >>
>> >> Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England
>> and
>> >> Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513.
>> Registered
>> >> Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A
>> >> 4LT.
>> >> United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia
>> >> movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation
>> >> (who
>> >> operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects).
>> >> Telephone (0044) 207 065 0990.
>> >>
>> >> Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
>> >> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>> >> [email protected]
>> >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> > -------------- next part --------------
>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>> > URL:
>> > <
>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediauk-l/attachments/20130206/0c6829a1/attachment.html
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Wikimediauk-l mailing list
>> > [email protected]
>> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> >
>> >
>> > End of Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 91, Issue 9
>> > ********************************************
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>> [email protected]
>> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikimedia UK mailing list
> [email protected]
> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
>
>
_______________________________________________
Wikimedia UK mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Reply via email to