Hello I made a proposal for how we could handle this tricky issue on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Developer_payment. I invite you to read it and to comment if you wish :-) My belief is that it is a decent compromise between all the wishes expressed (well, at least I hope). I remind you that this is a trial, not a permanent decision. The plain idea is * that the opportunity is taken to clean up and organise better a couple of pages (such as http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Development_tasks) * to avoid bureaucracy. **If an editor or the foundation wishes for a task to be done, just ask **If a developer is ready to take care of a matter, just mentions it on development task. If he would be interested by getting in contract, please mentions it on [[development payment proposal]] (or any title you think best) *to always ensure that this task is welcome by the entire community (please discuss it before on mailing lists or meta) *to ensure that this task makes consensus amongst the developers (hence the involvment of the developer committee - no task will be paid for, which will go against the general direction set by the developers, or is technically nonsensical) *to ensure that this task is interesting the foundation (hence, the decision to pay or not for a task will be made by the board) Refining the proposal is welcome. Otherwise, basically, this is in your hands now. The basic structure is there, use it or do not use it :-) ant __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail