I have quite a large number of opinions on this. There needs to be an executive in place with the subcommittees which can act relatively autonomously but are responsible to the executive. At the same time I would like to see us have Wikicouncil, where people from the projects meet to discuss them and issues arising out of them.
Wikicouncil would then have someone who reported back to the executive and again be responsible to them.
The fact is, Joe and Joanne editor couldn't really care less how the organisation is ran so long as everything works. The organisation needs to be ran by experts with a small amount of accountability to the user base (which I feel Wikicouncil would achieve) Cheers, Nathan
oscar wrote:
hi all,
i would like to share with you some thoughts on (re)organization. i read that there are plans to put a ceo in place to take care of executive responsibilities. executive responsibilities are very different from those of responsible wikians within the projects. so far these things have not been separated at all, that is understandable for a young and growing organization, but such cannot last or work well forever.
in my opinion:
- the only way this organization, its projects and mission, its vitality
and appeal, will survive will be if a strict separation be implemented between volunteer-work, executive tasks and their respective supervision. 2. separation of executive and project-related responsibilities by installing an elected council of representatives from the projects is mandatory. 3. the task of an appointed board should be supervising the work of the executives, it should be a type of board consisting of very professional people (the kind which in a way of speaking should have "better things to do", if you get my meaning), and in general not deal with the projects at all. 4. the council of representatives should supervise the projects, advise the executive level, and in general not deal with the board at all.
i could be more elaborate in explaining the rationale behind these thoughts, but i chose to keep things concise. note however, that i spoke of how specific tasks, responsibilities and work can be organized, avoiding the who-does-what, which is not of my concern now. also these things should definitely not be mixed up.
for what it's worth these are my two euros ;-)
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