[Foundation-l] wikicouncil

[Erik Zachte]

Actually I think earlier attemps to discuss WikiCouncil failed partially
because too few people knew about it.
There was hardly any mentioning of
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil on mailing lists when the initial
proposal was produced, if I remember correctly.

I'm not sure if the proverbial 'design by committee' does not lead to
watered down compromises.
Maybe after some initial brainstorming we could solicit individual
proposals, in a more or less uniform format.
A similar method is used often at Wikimedia, from logo design to main page
designs.
Then the community can provide feedback and the most appealing proposal(s)
be further explored.

Erik Zachte

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthere [mailto:Anthere9 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, 19 November 2006 17:06
> To: foundation-l at wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Foundation-l] wikicouncil
>
>
> I write this email with much hesitation.
> The issue has been raised often, the possible creation of a council.
> Naturally, setting up such a structure is bound to be difficult, due to
> the following issues to discuss and decide
> * what would be the roles of such a council ?
> * would that council vote the people to become Wikimedia Foundation
> board members ?
> * would this council become a sort of goverment of the project ?
> * how would people be added to this council (and along with which rules,
> depending on project size, languages etc...)
> * ...
>
> In short, a nest of questions.
>
>
> The issue has been raised many times already.
> If there are people interested in setting up a proposal, please just
> tell me. I am not talking of "discussion" here, I am talking of "writing
> down a proposal". On which the board could have a look. On which the
> community could comment and then vote.
>
> Anyway, if interested, jsut tell me and we can organise a little chat
> and a page about that. If noone interested, time will see :-)
>
> Ant
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