[Foundation-l] wikicouncil

[Anthere]

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> James Hare wrote:
> 
> 
>>Anyways, in that case we would have the Board of Trustees, the Advisory
>>Council, and the Wiki Council. Three councils. Why should we have three? Why
>>couldn't we compress it down to, oh, 2?
>>
> 
> They would serve different purposes.  As I understand it
> 
> The Trustees would pretty well do what they do now.  This is essentially 
> deal with the business, legal and financial interests of the organization.

Nod.

> The Council would be made up of active Wikimedians, and could be 
> involved in the detailed co-ordination of projects in a way that best 
> assures and balances with the autonomy of each project.  It would have 
> limited decision making power within pre-defined parameters.

Nod.
And *if* we decide so (and *this* of course is controversial), they 
could be a body elected board members.
Or, if the board appoints some of its members, it could be the body 
suggesting a list of names (of wikipedians or of external people) to the 
board to pick up some future board members from it.

> The Advisors would mostly not be active Wikimedians.  They would help to 
> keep us abreast of developments in the broader community, help in 
> co-ordinating with outside projects, or even with lobbying.  They would 
> have no decision making powers.

Nod. Note that the advisory board already exist and that we will start 
populating it in 2 weeks time. Reminder: I am still waiting suggestions 
of people to add on this board.

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2006-November/011353.html

Ant
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