[Commons-l] Governance of Commons

[Andrew Turvey]

Cross posting to Commons from internal: 



----- "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote: 
> From: "David Gerard" <dgerard at gmail.com> 
> To: "Local Chapters, board and officers coordination (closed subscription)" <internal-l at lists.wikimedia.org> 
> Sent: Thursday, 4 June, 2009 15:26:29 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal 
> Subject: Re: [Internal-l] Our system is collapsing 
> 
> The issues are ongoing, and well beyond the present case - 
> fundamentally that too many people on Commons don't want it to be a 
> service project. This is unworkable and must be remedied. 

The way the governance is set up at the moment is no different to any other project. Maybe if it is to be a "service project", the governance - particularly the way admins are selected - should be different from stand-alone projects. 

regards, 

Andrew 
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