Hi Jesse,
Thank you for the links, the last time I asked to look at those I was told
the whole mailing list was private and not open to the public, I think
opening this up is a huge step forward towards transparency.
I appreciate also your clarification about Gerard, I would have appreciated
him making that clear in the discussions that happened.
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Jesse Plamondon-Willard <
pathoschild(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Muhammad Alsebaey <shipmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
- Gerard has been the *only* person from
LangCom that I have seen reply
to any of the issues, his replies are selective, he refuses to answer
whatever he doesnt think is relevant to his argument and is in general
very
aggressive, If the guys at LangCom chose him as
the public face, I
would say
they were looking to pick fights rather than
communicate decisions.
Gerard is definitely not a subcommittee spokesperson. Every word he
and I speak are as individual members, speaking our own opinions.
Discussion with the subcommittee should be done on the mailing list or
on <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_subcommittee>, where
I for example frequently respond.
Muhammad Alsebaey <shipmaster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
- After looking on the meta page for the
committee, I asked if the
committee has any mechanism for determining inactive members, if the
process
of decision is 'I sent an email and no one
objected', that may mean
approval, but it also may mean that people are not active. I got no
answer
for the question but Immediately after Masry
controversy, two committee
members resigned and one was removed for inactivity without any
explanation
given, is that an acknowledgement that the
committee was
malfunctioning? Why
wasnt there some kind of public explaination.
The members resigned or were removed at my proposal, one of several
changes to ensure the problem you mentioned did not occur again. There
are no language subcommittee announcements, but this and other
decisions can be understood by reading the public archives:
<
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_subcommittee/Archives/2008-11#Remov…
.
--
Yours cordially,
Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild)
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