2017-06-29 15:22 GMT+02:00 Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org:
Hi all,
First of all, your work is being appreciated.
That being said, I have been grinding my teeth a little bit over the discussions going on at this page on your talkpage on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Language_committee#Request_for_ launching_Wikinews.2C_Dutch_version
It is not so much the outcome of the process that is somewhat worrying me, but the fact that it is apparently hard for people to see what's going on. While this mailing list is apparently open, it is not transparent in a practical sense what the committee decides, when it decides and how it decides. People can read this list, but what they really are looking for is a short committee statement on the outcome.
As I understand it, StevenJ81 has been doing some of this in a personal capacity, to the best of his abilities summarizing what's going on here.
I can't really tell you how to conduct your business of course, but I would like to ask you to consider whether you could summarize decisions in a few lines of text in a quotable manner, when the committee comes to a conclusion. That way it is clear to everyone a discussion is closed, and that arguments were considered. Who then copies that statement to meta (one of you, or Steven), is another matter.
Quick and grumpy answer: we already do that by posting the decisions on the RNL pages.
This is the first time in a long while I had a closer run-in with your committee's work, but that will be the case for most of the people who make an application. I hope that for their sake, you will consider my suggestion.
Kind regards,
Lodewijk (Effeietsanders)
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