Apologies, I mean Gayle, not Karen. Russavia
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Russavia <[email protected]> wrote: > Having an HR & IR background myself, I am most surprised that the > person for managing TALENT and CULTURE would take such a move without > even so much as consulting with the community who keep the WMF's > presence on the internet working, nor without giving them an actual > reason as to why this has occurred. > > I can only encourage Karen to either 1) explain why this was an > absolutely necessary step to make, or 2) reverse those actions. > > Russavia > > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Craig Franklin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> This sort of tone might be appropriate coming from HR in a bank or >> something, but I'm tremendously disappointed that something so tactless and >> rude was sent out from a senior officer in the Foundation to its >> volunteers. I know Gayle is a new hire, so I'm assuming good faith that >> she wasn't aware that taking this sort of attitude with volunteers would go >> down like a lead balloon. >> >> Someone at the WMF needs to take Gayle into an office and patiently explain >> to her that the volunteers whose access she just "disabled, effective >> immediately" are the same ones that keep the websites that per her salary >> going. >> >> Cheers, >> Craig Franklin >> >> >> On 11 May 2013 21:15, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is the email that got sent out to everyone, >>> >>> --- >>> Dear XXX, >>> Thank you for your work with the Foundation wiki. At this time, we >>> are formalizing a new requirement, which is that administrator access >>> is given only to staff and board. I am having administrator access to >>> accounts that are neither staff or board be disabled, effective >>> immediately. >>> Sincerely, >>> Gayle >>> -- >>> Gayle Karen K. Young >>> Chief Talent and Culture Officer >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 415.310.8416 >>> www.wikimediafoundation.org >>> --- >>> >>> Gayle's response (which was the first time she has edited the wiki in >>> ~5 months[2]) seems lacking[1] in general and the subsequent responses >>> about knowing what these people do on the wiki >>> >>> Another interesting fact is that Mz got desysoped first, When you >>> would expect it to be done in alphabetically order. >>> >>> "We've been discussing this for awhile, and the thought is that it's >>> ultimately the Foundation's web presence, not the community's web >>> presence. A useful parallel to consider might be how userrights are >>> given to staffers on the community wikis; they're distributed as and >>> when they're needed for a specific task." >>> >>> Um, Rights for staff on wikis are given out like candy?, although not >>> as much thee days but it still happens. >>> >>> Also, How is the foundation wiki not apart of the community? Has the >>> position of the legal department changed? or the boards? just randomly >>> changing without any imput or discussions seems utlimately strange. >>> since it is actually their wiki (just like everything else that falls >>> under the foundation) >>> >>> [1]. < >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?diff=91857&oldid=91855#Users_stripped_of_rights.3F >>> > >>> [2]. < >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Gyoung >>> > >>> [3]. <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
