On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
Denny, thanks for supporting this issue moving on. Before few remarks I would respond inline, I want to say that the *draft* of the idea to make community assembly have been published by Pharos:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_Council_Compact
I think it is a good idea to have a sort of community council. To give credit, Guy Kawasaki just recently proposed something along these lines in internal discussions. My first take is that it would be good to have some representation and governance of our movement, not just WMF. It would make everyone's lives easier, too - it would be easier to consult, seek advise, etc.
I've been also thinking about revitalizing our Advisory Board - the way I would like to see it would be dividing it into (a) community (b) tech and (c) academic subgroups, available for immediate consulting and feedback.
This definitely does not collide with the idea of a community council in the form that you're proposing, I think. It is worth further discussion. Should it be continued on meta?
dj