On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:52 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 1 June 2011 21:35, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
Forgive me if I find these resolutions rather toothless; this is another in a string of board resolutions that simply "urge the projects." I'd love to understand what the Board thinks such resolutions will accomplish.
It says very effectively (I thought) to the censorious: "We have given your position a great deal of due careful consideration, and urge you to go away. The issue is dead." Of course, I could just be projecting my own feelings onto it. In which case, it's even better.
It should be thought of, IMO, as being primarily for external consumption.
- d.
I expect and hope that the WMF board is a little more honest and straightforward than that would suggest. The resolution could be read as CYA - an intentionally deflective statement with no concrete impact. But I'd prefer to assume that the Board expects some sort of gradual adjustment in procedures enacted by local projects on their own initiative, using the resolution as ammunition in the inevitable debates. Hard to be sure, so I'd rather hear it from the horse's mouth.