Hi Erik,
unfortunately, due to historic growth, this foundation-l also has become a discussion list involving the wider movement. Moving the discussion to a list which has received, iirc, two posts in it's duration of existance will not further the discussion I'm afraid.
I do think this is foundation related btw, but mainly indirect :) The foundation could mainly benefit such a council, since it should make communicating with the wider community better possible then currently.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
2008/8/4 Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org:
2008/8/3 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com:
Hoi, That would be premature and given the broad base of support that it is looking for, it is a bad idea for this as well. Some people complain and say that Foundation-l does not cover enough relevant facts.. the best way of countering this argument is by having subjects like the Volunteer Council remain on this list.
I just noticed that there already is a relatively dormant "Meta" mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediameta-l
There might be some value in having "community self-organization" discussions explicitly on that list, because foundation-l suggests that it's specifically about the Wikimedia Foundation, and that it is less inclusive of the chapters and the broader Wikimedia movement. As has been expressed here a few times, the Wikimedia Foundation as an organizational entity should not have to approve or bless community self-organization efforts, and a separate list might help to reinforce that concept. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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