Sam Klein writes: I do think there are more risks inherent in this sort of growth than > are listed in the 'potential risks' section -- for instance, > "inability to acculturate new staff due to aggressive growth" -- and > we should be alert to these risks to avoid them. >
Just to be clear about this, I read Sam here as saying something like "there is a potential risk that we will be unable to acculturate new staff as we grow." This of course is true -- and it's even true when growth is slow! But in practice the Foundation takes this risk very seriously, and takes pains to promote the acculturation of new staff, not just to Foundation culture but to the larger community. One way we do this is by sending new staff to Wikimania, if it makes sense to do so, and/or promoting new staff's interaction with the community in other ways. Attendees at Wikimania this year will see a number of staff who haven't been there before -- everyone is urged to engage staff members in conversations about our work together, or other topics of common interest. (I'll be there too -- first Wikimania since Taiwan!) --Mike _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
