Am I the only one or do people get the feeling that its the same people that keep showing up for these communities and groups.
I do not see new community people, mostly outsiders, someone from the staff, and the same old cabal.
when you gonna get some new people in there?
anon editor
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Austin Hair adhair@gmail.com wrote:
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has commissioned a year-long effort to clarify the roles of various stakeholders in the movement, with the final goal of developing a "Wikimedia Charter"—a document where the roles and responsibilities within the Wikimedia organization are clearly defined and agreed upon by all stakeholders—and a plan for going forward with organizational development.
This process will be transparent, and open to input from anyone interested. It's planned to take approximately one year, with regular milestones along the way.
A core group of people will be tasked with ensuring that steady progress is being made toward those milestones. Although the exact makeup of the group may change as specific needs are reevaluated, this working group currently comprises:
- Alice Wiegand
- Arne Klempert
- Austin Hair (facilitator and adviser)
- Barry Newstead
- Bence Damokos
- Bishakha Datta
- Galileo Vidoni
- Jon Huggett (facilitator and adviser)
- Morgan Chan
- Samuel Klein
The work is just getting started, with the inaugural meeting of the working group having taken place on 10 September; please see the page on Meta[0] to comment and participate. Although I expect that there will be plenty of replies to this e-mail, it would be nice if the project-related discussion could take place on-wiki.
This announcement is about two weeks overdue—many of you may already know about it, since it's no secret. I apologize for that; my computer died and I didn't manage to retype the e-mail with my thumbs on my phone before I got the replacement.
I personally hope to see lots of participation, and am willing to answer any questions about the process.
Best regards,
Austin Hair
[0] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_roles_working_group
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