On 6/5/06, Delirium delirium@hackish.org wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote:
And when it comes to inviting an outside member, how is that member going to be chosen? Will there be a public dialogue about who the best figure is for this role, or will they simply be appointed?
It would be absolutely fine to start a public dialogue about it right now. Who do you recommend we approach?
[snip] Bruce Perens is somewhat well-known for free software advocacy, and is well-connected with tech companies if that's the sort of thing we're after.
That would certainly be interesting considering this statement he made: "I object to the GFDL license applied to the wikipedia, and believe that - because of the flaws in the license - it is unlawful to host the wikipedia on a computer running any contemporary operating system." See [[Talk:Bruce Perens]].
Personally I think all the members of the Wikimedia board should be members of the Wikimedia community. To pick an outsider for such a position makes no sense to me.
Anthony