The name is irrelevant, that is right - the role is important, and
particularly
whether it conflicts or duplicates the role of the Board. I'm not sure I
understand what problem this is intended to solve - a group of people on
a closed list/in private deliberations, making decisions on behalf of the
community they were selected to represent. That, to me, sounds like the
Board of Trustees we currently have. Unless there is some serious problem
with the composition of the current board, why reinvent it with a new name
and similar functions? Its a huge headache and will draw roughly the same
complaints we have now. Do you want the Board to take on a new role?
Have it expanded, with a committee to address the issues you think need
addressing? Creating a redundant body, that in some ways duplicates the
Board and sets up a tension between them... Seems like a way to lose any
future steps in decades of bureaucratic infighting.
Nathan
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Does the name really matter?
You can call the staff Grand Pubahs and the board
the Great Potentates if you like, but it doesn't change
their role.
-Chad
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
Or the Working Group on Community Relations?
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From: Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111(a)gmail.com>
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 7:02:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Provisional Volunteer Council - proposal
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On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> What if this Volunteer Council has no real
offficial standing and
solely regulates the Community? No tax problems, right?
This is more along the lines of what I've been thinking about. If the
VC is a community-based structure, and does not change the governance
structure of the foundation, it's a moot point entirely. Th VC
shouldn't change the structure of the foundation any more then the
chapcom or the languages subcommittee or any other advisory committee
do. If terminology is a problem, perhaps we should rename it to
something more benign, like "volunteer committee", or "community
advisory board" or something.
--Andrew Whitworth
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