Erik Moeller wrote:
There is virtually no active pressure or demand from the actual community for openness, participatory processes and transparency within the Wikimedia Foundation. As a result, there are very little. The committees which have been formed are useful, but they pick and choose their members on a case by case basis (or perhaps I should say "face by face") -- cf. GerardM's rejected membership application to the Special Projects committee. At least during the transitional phase, the amount of bureauracy is even worse than it was at the time we were ruled by the Board and the Board alone.
Eric, I believe you are incorrect in the statement above that there is no community pressure for openess, participatory processes, and transparency within the Wikimedia Foundation.
The pressure is the non participation.
Regards, lazyquasar