Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-01-31 Thread Risker
Thanks for your prompt responses, Beria. I have a few follow-ups. On 31 January 2012 22:43, Béria Lima wrote: > Hi Risker. let's go by question. > > *Why is the discussion happening on chapterswiki, instead of in an open > > place where all Wikimedians can at least read the discussion? > > * >

Re: [Foundation-l] Vice President?

2012-01-31 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Stuart West wrote: > That's kind of an American thing I think.  Many organizations here have Vice > Presidents, but instead of having a President have someone with the title CEO > or Executive Director instead. > > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 8:17 PM, MZMcBride wrote: >

Re: [Foundation-l] Vice President?

2012-01-31 Thread Stuart West
That's kind of an American thing I think. Many organizations here have Vice Presidents, but instead of having a President have someone with the title CEO or Executive Director instead. On Jan 31, 2012, at 8:17 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Hi. > > Erik took on the temporary title "VP of Engineering

[Foundation-l] Vice President?

2012-01-31 Thread MZMcBride
Hi. Erik took on the temporary title "VP of Engineering and Product Development" after Danese left.[1] Just recently it was codified on wmfwiki.[2] I don't really think much of job titles anywhere, but it seems strange to have a Vice President without having a President.[3] Mostly just noting for

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-01-31 Thread Béria Lima
Hi Risker. let's go by question. *Why is the discussion happening on chapterswiki, instead of in an open > place where all Wikimedians can at least read the discussion? > * Everthing that is in Chapters wiki is replicated in meta. All the links in the Call for Candidates (CfC) are from meta. Eve

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-01-31 Thread Risker
Thanks for letting us all know about this, Beria. So...a few questions. Why is the discussion happening on chapterswiki, instead of in an open place where all Wikimedians can at least read the discussion? Will the names of the candidates be published for the entire Wikimedia community to see? W

[Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-01-31 Thread Béria Lima
The Wikimedia chapters are seeking to appoint two candidates to sit on the Wikimedia Foundation's Board of Trustees for two years, starting 1 July 2012. The two new members of the board will help to decide the future direction of the world’s leading non-profit website. Wikimedia project are constru

Re: [Foundation-l] Call for nominations: chapter-appointed seats on the WMF Board of Trustees

2012-01-31 Thread Béria Lima
Cross posting _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. * On 31 January 2012 22:05, Bé

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Announcing Howie Fung as Director of Product Development

2012-01-31 Thread Bod Notbod
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 04:19, Howie Fung wrote: > Great question :).  I think the best way to answer is by example. Thank you, Howie. Bod. ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailma