Hi Austin,
thanks for sending around. Could you just give a link to where exactly on the wiki you would "the discussion" (very broad term :) ) like to take place? Which topics do you especially invite people to discuss /now/?
Also the meeting notes mention "The first deliverable, a formal proposal to the Board at its October meeting, was discussed. A first draft will be sent to the workgroup in the next few days." - is this draft going to be public as intended initially? (I hope so :) - would love to give some more input there)
Best,
Lodewijk
2010/9/22 Austin Hair adhair@gmail.com
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has commissioned a year-long effort to clarify the roles of various stakeholders in the movement, with the final goal of developing a "Wikimedia Charter"—a document where the roles and responsibilities within the Wikimedia organization are clearly defined and agreed upon by all stakeholders—and a plan for going forward with organizational development.
This process will be transparent, and open to input from anyone interested. It's planned to take approximately one year, with regular milestones along the way.
A core group of people will be tasked with ensuring that steady progress is being made toward those milestones. Although the exact makeup of the group may change as specific needs are reevaluated, this working group currently comprises:
- Alice Wiegand
- Arne Klempert
- Austin Hair (facilitator and adviser)
- Barry Newstead
- Bence Damokos
- Bishakha Datta
- Galileo Vidoni
- Jon Huggett (facilitator and adviser)
- Morgan Chan
- Samuel Klein
The work is just getting started, with the inaugural meeting of the working group having taken place on 10 September; please see the page on Meta[0] to comment and participate. Although I expect that there will be plenty of replies to this e-mail, it would be nice if the project-related discussion could take place on-wiki.
This announcement is about two weeks overdue—many of you may already know about it, since it's no secret. I apologize for that; my computer died and I didn't manage to retype the e-mail with my thumbs on my phone before I got the replacement.
I personally hope to see lots of participation, and am willing to answer any questions about the process.
Best regards,
Austin Hair
[0] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_working_group
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