On 14/05/07, Marc Riddell
<michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
The Leader I am speaking of is a person with a
passion for the Project and
its people, but detached from its content. Someone with the patience,
interest and skills to manage the day-to-day activities of a Project. They
should not be involved in any active editing of any Article in the Project.
Their role is strictly a problem-solving one. A person that, when all the
dust settles, at whose feet the daily buck does stop.
This person may be difficult to find, but I do not believe impossible. The
person can come from within the Project or from without. However, if from
within, that person would need to stop all editing of content, and devote
all of their time and energy to helping those who are.
My main intent with this thread was to get some serious, creative minds
thinking about what I see is a serious problem confronting the future of WP
and its people.
on 5/14/07 3:03 PM, David Gerard at dgerard(a)gmail.com wrote:
At the moment I see it as several communities
inhabiting the same
space and banging into each other in areas where one assumes control
over an area and another disputes that. Rather than a single coherent
community.
Actually, you are right, David; WP is more like a Nation of States, or a
Continent of Countries (and, that's as far as I'm willing to go with the
geographic analogies :-)). And each one will, rightfully, guard their own
turf. This I see as fine; it gives WP the diversity reflective of the real
world. But, what must exist is a common ethic, a common purpose - and let
those be the elements of a common culture. But, in any case, when States
and/or Countries are at war, it diminishes their resources, diverts their
true purpose, and, most critically, costs lives.
Let's continue
this thread for a while. Anyone else want to describe the elephant as
they see it?
Yes, folks, please jump in.
Marc
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If you're restricted to what is - you are cut off from - - what could be.