1. How will any council, assembly or whatever further the foundation's mission? The Community is a separate entity from the Foundation, therefore it has separate goals. 2. What are the non-meta issues that the board has handled not as well as the council-, assembly- or whatever-to-be? To remain in compliance with CDA Section 230, the Board must not be an active participant in community affairs.
----- Original Message ---- From: Tim Landscheidt tim@tim-landscheidt.de To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 3:05:17 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Community Assembly
Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
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What job will it perform? What authority and power does it have? The Community Assembly will the unified voice of the Wikimedia Community. It would set community policy on a global scale and administer community processes. The exact powers given to it shall be determined by the community in its Charter.
Any such group becomes suspect when it begins by phrasing its mission in terms of authority and power. It's all very romantic to speak of a unified voice, but the unification has to happen first. Who drafts the community charter that is the basis for these powers? [...]
To me, the "unified voice" is not romantic, but frightening. I sincerely dislike the idea that some body might exist that will pass resolutions "in the name of the community": If there is a consensus in the community, there is no need to pass a resolution. If there is no consensus, there should not be a resolution at all.
To repeat my two questions I have posted some time ago with no answer yet:
1. How will any council, assembly or whatever further the foundation's mission? 2. What are the non-meta issues that the board has handled not as well as the council-, assembly- or whatever-to-be?
Tim
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