I'm tempted to sit this one out. The Foundation has organized a bunch of working groups, staffed primarily through volunteers of various types, to present some strategic recommendations for moving forward into the future. We are a movement with flaws and opportunities for improvement, as with any large organization, and it would be a mistake for us to assume that because we found the winning formula in the early 2000s we are completely set for the future. But already, the discussions on Meta are dominated by representatives of The Community™ showing up with all of the usual toxic vested contributor behaviour that I've grown to know and love in my time with this movement.
That said, it is apparent how broken the community/WMF governance model is. Large portions of the community feel disenfranchised on the projects they helped to create, and the WMF is increasingly separate from the community in terms of its goals and priorities. I think that re-imagining the governance of this movement is going to be the first step towards making any sort of progress towards the goals of either group.
Adrian
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:54 AM Yury Bulka setthemfree@privacyrequired.com wrote:
Maybe it is better to discuss specific recommendations on their talk pages?
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Wor...
We might find ourselves discussing here only one specific recommendation while the other working groups' recommendations might fade in shadows of this particular discussion.
Philip Kopetzky philip.kopetzky@gmail.com writes:
Please don't generalise frustration with your conduct on this list.
You're
the only one telling people to shut up here.
And just to keep this on track, what is your view on how we can
incorporate
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