On 20/11/06, Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:
*But the concept of a group of dedicated, trusted and respected Wikimedians from the community who can thoughtfully deliberate and help lead community matters... I'm willing to hear how people view this as a bad thing.
Who is saying THAT is a bad thing? Why don't you just do it? Start Council meetings with an open invitation. Work at recruiting people from smaller projects. Ask people to list their top problems for a voluntary review. Issue reccomendations. Then once you know how it will work and what people want out of it ... Then get it formalized. If that happens it then it would be "a formalization of what takes place already". I think you should go for it. I think wikicouncil, as a general concept, has potential. I do not think we should trying to come up with a finished concept to write into the by-laws first, however.
Concur entirely. If people feel a cross-project body like this would be useful, organise one; grab some people from here and there, sit them down, and get them started. If it seems to fill a need, and it works effectively, we can write it into the formal system. If not... eh, it's never going to do any harm as an informal body.