Yes, maybe there is need for something like Chapcom for projects?
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From: Pharos <pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 5:38:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Community Assembly
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As I pointed out on Wikipedia Weekly earlier this week
(Ep. 49 hasn't come
out yet), the Board /must/ be involved in the creation of new projects (note:
this is new *projects*, not new *languages*). When we launch a new language,
it is fairly trivial to add a new subdomain, launch a new instance of
the software,
and run. However, when a new project (ie: Wikinews, Wikispecies) is launched,
the Board must remain involved. This is due to fiduciary
responsibilities (purchasing
of the new domain name) and brand responsibilities (new trademark to handle).
-Chad
Of course, the Board must be involved in new projects. That doesn't
mean, though, that there' isn't room for a greater community role in
this process.
Thanks,
Pharos
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Pharos
<pharosofalexandria(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Andrew Gray
<shimgray(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2008/5/13 Andrew Gray
<shimgray(a)gmail.com>om>:
The astute reader will, by now, have noticed a
certain similarity
between these approaches. If it wasn't working the first time, simply
naming it "governance" won't make it work better the second time...
I omitted to include a conclusion here. Ooops.
What we need to do is to actually figure out what governing *needs*
done - what issues aren't getting decided now that need thrashed out?
- and then work out why it is our existing structures don't let us do
that.
Simply arguing over which new theoretical structure we should install
on top of what we already have is doomed to failure, because we're
arguing in a vacuum...
The greatest needs for governance would in my opinion would be
developing policy for new languages and new projects (or, possibly,
merging projects).
Thanks,
Pharos
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