Seems acceptable.

----- Original Message ---- From: Aphaia aphaia@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 9:19:28 AM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] VC - alternative resolution

Sounds nice. Not aggressive but giving a framework for the forming working group.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:

Given some of the concerns that have been raised, I'd like to propose an alternative resolution for consideration.

"The Board of Trustees, by the passage of this resolution, endorses the creation of a committee of community members to provide guidance on the issue of a Volunteer Council.

The committee is charged by the Board to consider and report on the following points:

• Determine if there are needs in the community that necessitate

the creation of the Volunteer Council or similar body and identify these needs specifically

• The role of the body in addressing the identified needs
• The structure and role of the Volunteer Council within the Wikimedia

Foundation

• How the Council should be convened, and what mechanism should

be created for its dissolution if any

• Other issues important to the creation and operation of the Volunteer

Council as identified by the committee

The committee on the Volunteer Council will consist of volunteers selected by the committee facilitator - identified by the Board as Lodewijk Gelauff. Reports on the activity and progress of the committee should be submitted to the Board monthly.

On September 1st, 2008, the Board requests that the committee present a complete report that addresses each point outlined above in full. The Board thanks the committee in advance for its service, and recognizes the valuable work that has already been done by Lodewijk Gelauff on this issue."

I think that a resolution of this fashion sidesteps some specific problems:

1. It doesn't create the Volunteer Council prematurely
2. It doesn't have legal implications - the committee has no formal

authority but does have the imprimatur of the Board 3) It creates the working group sought to make a determination, and sets a specific timeline for progress and resolution 4) It allows the committee to request resources such as a private mailing list

Thoughts? Criticism?

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