Actually I think earlier attemps to discuss WikiCouncil failed partially because too few people knew about it. There was hardly any mentioning of http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil on mailing lists when the initial proposal was produced, if I remember correctly.
I'm not sure if the proverbial 'design by committee' does not lead to watered down compromises. Maybe after some initial brainstorming we could solicit individual proposals, in a more or less uniform format. A similar method is used often at Wikimedia, from logo design to main page designs. Then the community can provide feedback and the most appealing proposal(s) be further explored.
Erik Zachte
-----Original Message----- From: Anthere [mailto:Anthere9@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, 19 November 2006 17:06 To: foundation-l@wikimedia.org Subject: [Foundation-l] wikicouncil
I write this email with much hesitation. The issue has been raised often, the possible creation of a council. Naturally, setting up such a structure is bound to be difficult, due to the following issues to discuss and decide
- what would be the roles of such a council ?
- would that council vote the people to become Wikimedia Foundation
board members ?
- would this council become a sort of goverment of the project ?
- how would people be added to this council (and along with which rules,
depending on project size, languages etc...)
- ...
In short, a nest of questions.
The issue has been raised many times already. If there are people interested in setting up a proposal, please just tell me. I am not talking of "discussion" here, I am talking of "writing down a proposal". On which the board could have a look. On which the community could comment and then vote.
Anyway, if interested, jsut tell me and we can organise a little chat and a page about that. If noone interested, time will see :-)
Ant
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