On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:16 PM, David Cuenca Tudela dacuetu@gmail.com wrote:
I don't like to think in drastic terms like these because it fails to recognize the amount of good will that has been poured into the process and the selection of participants by the Strategy team. It is perhaps more interesting to think in terms of opportunities. The issues have been already pointed out, some possible solutions have been put forward, and perhaps there are even more options for participation that we are not aware of. I trust that the Strategy team will come up with ways to close the gaps, and the best we can do is offer our assistance to make things better. In the end this is a matter of work... work to have discussions, work to make them productive, work to find consensuses, work to make the consensuses legitimate, work to inform about it... so I see plenty of opportunities to give a hand anywhere and make life easier to those involved.
I do not know what really happened but if I listen to what has been said here and earlier on similar occasions, my conclusion is that for the Strategy Team we - volunteers who are working on the projects but are not associated with the chapters, do not show up at Wikimania, do not attend real-life tutorials organized by WMF - just do not exist.
If this is the case, this is a serious gap to be bridged. So far I have net see even an acknowledgement of its existence.
Cheers Yaroslav