I think the community should be and is being treated as a majority shareholder, even better! Office IT support is a typical thing that the community is not affected by AT ALL. So I am not surprised no announcement is being given on foundation-l about this. If any public list would be relevant, it would be wikitech-l, but even there it would be doubtful. (not even to speak about privacy issues)
We should get used to a situation where the foundation grows, and that more hirings/firings (or farewells for other reasons) are going to take place then up to now. It would simply not be practical to announce them all. I do expect the foundation to announce community-relevant positions such as the volunteer coordinator, CsomethingO's, board positions and other functions that relate to the community more directly. Financial controllers, office supports, personal assistants etc are just not relevant to the community, and a change on the relevant webpages and maybe a periodic (anonymized?) overview on monthly reports would make more sense. (2 hirings last month, and three people left the foundation for example) Lodewijk 2009/10/30 Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> > Why would you even ask that question, let alone expect an answer? Last > I checked, no Wikimedian also carried the title of "majority > shareholder" or anything close. You're not entitled to sordid details > of personnel management. Try to remember that the Wikimedia Foundation > is a business, and needs to operate with more professionalism than > "announce everything announce often." > > > Nathan > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
