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(a)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.