Hi Dariuz, I like how you're thinking. Perhaps the Board could make public use of Phabricator to triage and track issues.
Rogol, I share some of the frustration about communication problems. However, I'd also like to note that Dariuz, Christophe, and Natalia have been responsive to discussions here on WIkimedia-l, and that the general tone of WMF has become notably more cooperative with the community during the past several months. There is still much work to do, but much progress has been made. In the big picture I feel that WMF is heading in a good direction, and I'm grateful to the people who are working to make that happen.
Pine
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak darekj@alk.edu.pl wrote:
Dear Rogol,
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Rogol Domedonfors domedonfors@gmail.com wrote:
Jimmy Wales wrote: "it is possible and welcomed to bring forward issues
to
board members at any time".
It would be most helpful to know where and how the Board in general would welcome such issues being raised and how much resource they will have to sustain those discussions.
I think it is fair to say that we lack good, efficient and scalable communication channels. We have discussed additional ones, commitment tracking possibilities, etc. at Wikimania with the communication staff (who, by the way, are extremely professional and skilled), and it is my understanding that while it is impossible to make rapid improvements, we can come back to this conversation in 2017 and possibly make some improvements.
I personally would love e.g. to see a system of Board members cmmitments tracking (useful for the Board, just as much as for communal control), or a system in which the community could upvote/downvote partiular ideas to discuss (like in a community's wishlist).
Until we have better tech available, I want to assure you that I want to be available, and apart from Meta, I gladly offer IRC or video conversations, or other media, to whoever feels it may be useful (let's track this committment of mine in the old-fashioned way for now).
best,
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