On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Tim Landscheidt tim@tim-landscheidt.de wrote:
"Brianna Laugher" brianna.laugher@gmail.com wrote:
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(Ironic... We are happy to let the content in the world's top reference source be decided by anyone who puts their hand up, but not the governance nub of same. When do we under- and when do we over-estimate our own power?)
With the recent professionalisation of WMF - massively expanded staff, and the end of the "working Board", is this fear still well-founded? (if it ever was) [...]
IBTD. A lot of users will happily create articles, revert vandalism and ensure NPOV on their turf but won't be inter- ested to follow foundation "politics" and so will either not participate in elections or maybe cast their vote for the most populist candidate.
What I find most interesting about the whole quest for councils and board seats (vulgo: power) is that there is no incentive to those positions: The funds are earmarked (and rather small) and as soon as you make a decision that is contrary to the community's consensus, they will walk and you will have to cover yourself whether Amy Winehouse is so- ber or stoned at the moment. Or, in other words: There is no power because you cannot give orders to volunteers.
Personally, I would not mind if the current board's terms end 2099 as long as the servers are running, MediaWiki is maintained and developed and the financial conduct does not cross any legal limits.
Tim
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I fully agree.
Bryan