[Foundation-l] Where we are headed

[Jimmy Wales]

Austin Hair wrote:
> What's important is that the system, which is still very new and
> working itself out, is an improvement over relying on the overtaxed
> Board to micromanage WMF operations.

And, it should be strongly pointed out: the committee system is a
*community* system, driven by volunteers, staffed by volunteers, and the
committees and the chapters make up the heart and soul of Wikimedia.

People who are claiming an increased opaqueness need to take another
look, because the true trend is in exactly the opposite direction:
radical decentralization into the community.

--Jimbo