Democracy is still the enemy of autocracy. Also if a chapter gets really bad, people will
vote with their dues and chapter will soon find itself in the red.
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From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:22:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] The Wkii Way
2008/11/25 Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia-inc.com>om>:
Marc Riddell wrote:
on 11/25/08 5:35 PM, Jimmy Wales at
jwales(a)wikia-inc.com wrote:
lots of independent
action loosely coordinated... the wiki way).
Jimmy,
In this type of "loosely coordinated" situation, how do you prevent the more
aggressive persons from dominating a project?
I am unaware of any chapters having a problem with aggressive people
dominating. Normally, though, I would say that lots of independent
action loosely coordinated is a really good way to route around
aggressive people. If we are worried about aggressive people
dominating, then we want to avoid structures and social customs that
allow for top-down authoritarianism as the primary mode of operation.
Aren't most (all?) chapters democratically run? That should prevent
individuals from dominating things - just elect someone else to be in
charge.
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