From Messedrocker, who "wouldn't touch the mailing list even if my urine's
composition changed to be more wikimedia"
the typical corporate handlement will be handled by the pros and the wikimedians will shrug and accept however the wikimedian majority will get in the way of the pros trying to ruin wikimedia that way, we could have a minority of experienced board members, and it could help someone relay my words of wisdom to the mailing list
On Dec 16, 2007 10:24 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
I have a lot of thoughts about the advisory board, and how little they seem to have done for us. The whole concept of appointing big names seems more like payoff and less like wisdom as time goes on. Finding good people with the right interests, skills, and without huge conflicts of interest is just hard no matter how you cut it.. At least when you pull from the community you are sure to get people who love and understand the internals of the projects. Your vision of simply keeping a majority is simply a good one, and it's the only thing that gives me hope. There *are* many good outsiders we can choose from to fill the balance, but it will take time and introspection to make the right decisions.