2008/11/25 Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia-inc.com:
Marc Riddell wrote:
on 11/25/08 5:35 PM, Jimmy Wales at jwales@wikia-inc.com wrote:
lots of independent
action loosely coordinated... the wiki way).
Jimmy,
In this type of "loosely coordinated" situation, how do you prevent the more aggressive persons from dominating a project?
I am unaware of any chapters having a problem with aggressive people dominating. Normally, though, I would say that lots of independent action loosely coordinated is a really good way to route around aggressive people. If we are worried about aggressive people dominating, then we want to avoid structures and social customs that allow for top-down authoritarianism as the primary mode of operation.
Aren't most (all?) chapters democratically run? That should prevent individuals from dominating things - just elect someone else to be in charge.