On 6/13/06, Michael R. Irwin michael_irwin@verizon.net wrote:
The Board and Management could acknowledge that the Projects manage themselves according to approved procedures and core values and focus on delivering a robust, adequate infrastructure.
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With about 900 words in this last post alone I find you to be excessively active on this subject.
Please decrease your volume. The current excess of low quality speculation and conjecture is making it difficult for people whom have other obligations to participate or follow the discussion.
That said, I did want to respond to this point of yours (the only one I bothered reading):
What makes you think that the project 'manage themselves'? As far as I can tell many of the projects substantially mismanage themselves. Most of the wikipedias, for example, are loaded with inaccurate and potentially libelous material and the projects have thus far formulated no systematic solution to addressing such quality issues.
Many people work on our projects, but virtually all of them work exclusively on what they consider 'fun' and in this manner many things are accomplished. However, there are many important things which almost no one considers 'fun', and these things end up neglected as a result. Worse we seem to have this misconception embedded in our culture that this sort of extreme disorder with its inherent flaws is a fundamental aspect of all volunteer organizations. I wonder how many Wikipedians have ever volenteered before, certantly not many!