On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 3:02 AM, Jon Huggett jon.huggett@gmail.com wrote:
SJ, Alice You are right, we need to put up for comment ASAP the proposal and timeline. Arne, Austin and I have been reworking the draft, so it should be open today.
Thank you. Is the idea that after the next update on Meta further changes will happen there?
In addition, there is a call to discuss the proposal on Sunday at 1500 UTC. Arne, Austin and I are meeting in person in Frankfurt all day. In our last meeting we scheduled a call at 1500 UTC for Oct 3 to go through the proposal. It would be great if you could make the call, or, if not, share you comments prior.
The document as a whole reads more like a description of what the group aims to do -- and a most useful one -- than a proposal. This is fine -- it's not clear to me that the Board needs to approve anything at this stage; the rough outline has already been approved and the details need refinement, balance, broad input.
Top-level sections could be split into Background / Implementation ideas / Approach.
The implementation ideas could be organized into major sections aligned with the four goals of the group. "Roles & responsibilities" have been well fleshed out as issues to address, for goal 1. A Charter addresses goal 3, and touches on the other goals briefly. Specifics for goals 2. and 4. (similar to the specific issues listed for goal 1) still need to be worked out.
I have left some specific comments and questions here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Movement_roles_working_group/Proposal
Warm regards, SJ