[Osmf-talk] Hiring help for OSMF administrative tasks

[Kathleen Danielson]

All,

This was something that the OSMF Board was quick to reach agreement on at
our F2F. To some degree, I would like to ask you to trust the board that we
understand our own workload and availability, as well as what we would be
able to accomplish be if we had paid support.

Anyway, what really upsets me when reading your mail: Every member
> talked about transparency in their manifestos, everyone had one or the
> other plan. And indeed, there had been *one* summary of a board
> meeting written by Paul, but that's been all. There had been another
> article stating how cool the f2f meeting was and how well everyone
> played with the others. But honestly, I'm not interessted in that but
> in the results, in your work,.. just by accident someone discovered
> there will not be a SOTM this year, why isn't that published? I had
> to wait several weeks to learn about your plans of hiring staff. For
> what? You don't even know, you're asking us.
>
> I'm really disapointed. Not by you (Frederik) but by you, the
> OSMF-board. Nothing changed, it just got worse.


This is a fantastic example of why we need support staff. All of us on the
board are doing so in a volunteer capacity. That makes getting to
administrative tasks (like following up and communicating our status and
progress) difficult to do in a timely manner. One of the first things that
the membership will likely see as a result of this hire will be increased
visibility into our work. The next will be an increased scope of work we're
able to accomplish, as we will be freed up to focus on higher level goals.

Thanks,
Kathleen
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