Congrats to all. Even though I only voted for one of the users who won, I know Erik and Kat and Frieda will do a great job on the board. I'd have hoped for a little more diversity (i.e. not two US based and one Europe based) but perhaps next year there can be more seats made available for this to be easier.
Regards,
Alex (Majorly)
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On Jul 12, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Alex Newman wrote:
Congrats to all. Even though I only voted for one of the users who won, I know Erik and Kat and Frieda will do a great job on the board. I'd have hoped for a little more diversity (i.e. not two US based and one Europe based) but perhaps next year there can be more seats made available for this to be easier.
Of course we now have 4 European board members and 3 American. So, when I think about geographic and linguistic diversity, my thinking turns to Asia, South America, Africa,...
Erik (Germany) Frieda (Italy) Anthere (France) Jan Bart (Holland)
me (US, but Anthere once said that I am no longer American but belong to the world, which was a very sweet thing to say) Michael Davis (US) Kat Walsh (US)
Probably the composition of the board is a mirror of the composition of the chapters.
I agree that we need more diversity, but in a world based on competition with a system of vote based on competition we cannot look for more philanthropic aims.
In a wikipedian structure based on freedom, opening and participation we are applying an anamorphic skeleton which has taking its own shape.
Ilario
On 7/17/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
On Jul 12, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Alex Newman wrote:
Congrats to all. Even though I only voted for one of the users who won, I know Erik and Kat and Frieda will do a great job on the board. I'd have hoped for a little more diversity (i.e. not two US based and one Europe based) but perhaps next year there can be more seats made available for this to be easier.
Of course we now have 4 European board members and 3 American. So, when I think about geographic and linguistic diversity, my thinking turns to Asia, South America, Africa,...
Hoi, Sorry, I must be dense, I do not understand at all what you are trying to say.. Thanks, GerardM
On 7/17/07, Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
Probably the composition of the board is a mirror of the composition of the chapters.
I agree that we need more diversity, but in a world based on competition with a system of vote based on competition we cannot look for more philanthropic aims.
In a wikipedian structure based on freedom, opening and participation we are applying an anamorphic skeleton which has taking its own shape.
Ilario
On 7/17/07, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
On Jul 12, 2007, at 2:04 PM, Alex Newman wrote:
Congrats to all. Even though I only voted for one of the users who won, I know Erik and Kat and Frieda will do a great job on the board. I'd have hoped for a little more diversity (i.e. not two US based and one Europe based) but perhaps next year there can be more seats made available for this to be easier.
Of course we now have 4 European board members and 3 American. So, when I think about geographic and linguistic diversity, my thinking turns to Asia, South America, Africa,...
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If you understand nothing, I will improve my English.
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GerardM wrote:
Hoi, Sorry, I must be dense, I do not understand at all what you are trying to say.. Thanks, GerardM
On 7/17/07, Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
Probably the composition of the board is a mirror of the composition of the chapters.
I agree that we need more diversity, but in a world based on competition with a system of vote based on competition we cannot look for more philanthropic aims.
In a wikipedian structure based on freedom, opening and participation we are applying an anamorphic skeleton which has taking its own shape.
Ilario
Hoi, Sorry, for me English is also a foreign language :) and I know I do get it wrong as well. I am sorry to say that I am left clueless this time. Thanks, GerardM
On 7/17/07, Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
If you understand more than a single interpretation, I am reporting the simplest interpretation.
If you understand nothing, I will improve my English.
Ilario
GerardM wrote:
Hoi, Sorry, I must be dense, I do not understand at all what you are trying
to
say.. Thanks, GerardM
On 7/17/07, Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com wrote:
Probably the composition of the board is a mirror of the composition of the chapters.
I agree that we need more diversity, but in a world based on competition with a system of vote based on competition we cannot look for more philanthropic aims.
In a wikipedian structure based on freedom, opening and participation we are applying an anamorphic skeleton which has taking its own shape.
Ilario
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Ilario Valdelli wrote:
I agree that we need more diversity, but in a world based on competition with a system of vote based on competition we cannot look for more philanthropic aims.
It's hard to compete with The Will to Power. I think that there is an underlying zeitgeist in favour of collaborative systems, but the experience of that model on a wide scale is very limited. The path of least resistance is to depend on familiar techniques; anything else seems counterintuitive.
In a wikipedian structure based on freedom, opening and participation we are applying an anamorphic skeleton which has taking its own shape.
Our theories do favour freedom, but the greatest threat to that freedom is the human tendency is to protect a fixed vision to the point of stagnancy. In nature, the octopus is a great example of an animal that has been successful without a skelton.
Ec
:) Thanks
On 7/18/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Ilario Valdelli wrote:
I agree that we need more diversity, but in a world based on competition with a system of vote based on competition we cannot look for more philanthropic aims.
It's hard to compete with The Will to Power. I think that there is an underlying zeitgeist in favour of collaborative systems, but the experience of that model on a wide scale is very limited. The path of least resistance is to depend on familiar techniques; anything else seems counterintuitive.
In a wikipedian structure based on freedom, opening and participation we are applying an anamorphic skeleton which has taking its own shape.
Our theories do favour freedom, but the greatest threat to that freedom is the human tendency is to protect a fixed vision to the point of stagnancy. In nature, the octopus is a great example of an animal that has been successful without a skelton.
Ec
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