"Activity units" are a reasonable proxy for volunteer hours. However it is an open question whether spending time on WMUK events is more productive than working on other projects.
On 6 March 2015 at 18:35, rexx <r...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > We should be looking at indirectly estimating the impact WMUK has in each > given time-period on its goal: "to promote and support the widest possible > public access to, use of and contribution to Open Content of an > encyclopaedic or educational nature or of similar utility to the general > public, in particular the Open Content supported and provided by the > Wikimedia Foundation." > > I'd suggest that a decent estimate of the number of volunteer-hours > devoted to WMUK events per month would be a really good starting point. See > what the trend has been over time. > > Volunteer involvement is the life-blood of WMUK. Anything else is > unsustainable without that. > > -- > Rexx > > > On 6 March 2015 at 18:02, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What are your most important KPIs? >> >> Rupert >> >> On Mar 6, 2015 12:08 PM, "HJ Mitchell" <hjmitch...@ymail.com> wrote: >> > >> > It would be something to welcome if that activity had moved elsewhere, >> but as far as I can tell activity on the wiki is in decline as well. >> > >> > Not to worry, though - as long as we're meeting our meaningless KPIs >> I'm sure the FDC won't notice. Oh wait... Well, it's a good job we had that >> get-together last weekend so that the board could (pretend to) listen to >> the community's thoughts. Oh, wait... Well it's a good job WMUK has >> independent revenue streams. Oh, wait... Well, it's a good job we've still >> got those 200-odd volunteers from last year's Wikimania, they should help >> us tick some boxes for our KPIs. Oh wait... >> > >> > Never mind, though. As long as the board keep their heads in the sand >> it'll all be all right. >> > >> > Harry Mitchell >> > http://enwp.org/User:HJ >> > Phone: +44 (0) 7507 536971 >> > Skype: harry_j_mitchell >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> >> > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Sent: Friday, 6 March 2015, 10:09 >> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List participation >> > >> > On 06/03/15 10:01, Gordon Joly wrote: >> > > On 27/02/15 12:23, Tom Morris wrote: >> > >> Less mailing list activity should be something we welcome rather than >> > >> worry about. >> > > >> > > >> > > I am old school. I started nattering on the net in 1980, so old habits >> > > die hard (Usenet, Spuddy, WSMR, etc). >> > > >> > > Gordo >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > "The wiki works better than email for content (examples, issues, >> > brainstorms etc.) for numerous reasons." >> > >> > >> > Brainstorms? >> > >> > I rest my case. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Gordo >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia UK mailing list >> > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia UK mailing list >> > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Landline (UK) 01780 757 250 Mobile (UK) 0798 1995 792
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