Thanks for the suggestion on possible additions to the recruitment process. 

I'm curious about the perception of TechCom being more community oriented than the new process. During the time I was responsible for facilitating TechCom it was entirely represented by Wikimedia Foundation staff, the exception being when Daniel Kinzler worked for Wikimedia Deutschland. The idea behind the current representation is to make sure the right stakeholders are identified to help make a decision, not that the representatives are voting on a decision or anything like that. 

Regarding the public TechCom meetings. There aren't a bunch of secret Technical Decision Forum meetings going on now that people aren't being invited to. Is the desire to have an IRC meeting at some point in the decision making process to gain input? Or are there other ways people think would be better for contributing? 

Thanks,

-Kate

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