On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just noticed that there already is a relatively dormant "Meta" mailing list:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediameta-l
There might be some value in having "community self-organization" discussions explicitly on that list, because foundation-l suggests that it's specifically about the Wikimedia Foundation, and that it is less inclusive of the chapters and the broader Wikimedia movement. As has been expressed here a few times, the Wikimedia Foundation as an organizational entity should not have to approve or bless community self-organization efforts, and a separate list might help to reinforce that concept.
This is actually a good idea, I think, and is really the kind of thing we've been looking for. We get a mailinglist for the purpose, we can self-organize without needing the blessing of the foundation, and we can start doing it immediately. I vote that we move all VC-related discussion there.
--Andrew Whitworth