[Foundation-l] RfC: Mission & Vision Statements of the Wikimedia Foundatio

[Brianna Laugher]

On 17/11/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

 What decides whether or not we
> have Wikistalk as a project may be as simple as the common sense
> judgement of the people who decide.  If any project proposal is really
> new, how can there possibly be a pre-existing policy about it?

OK... except that Erik specifically stated that these mission and
vision statements would be the things cited in explaining why WMF
would or would not support WikiFoo.

> >Are the existing projects exempt from this? I think that's a great
> >idea (although I can see it being very difficult for Wikipedia). Are
> >there guidelines for what a charter should cover?
> >
> You make it look like you are looking for answers from everyone else but
> yourself.  If such a charter is a good idea, then maybe the niext step
> could be to develop what it should contain.

Well, if you don't ask, you never know. And I hate reinventing the wheel.
But it seems it's not the most relevant thing right now.

regards,
Brianna