[Foundation-l] wikicouncil

[Anthere]

I agree. This could be one of the role of it.
As a project grow, it becomes more and more difficult to find a key 
person to get messages through (both ways) (depending on languages. 
Obviously, it is not a problem in english).

Ant

Titoxd at Wikimedia wrote:
> This could probably be an advisory committee to the Board, someone through
> which the Board could run ideas and ask questions that would affect
> Wikimedia as a whole. Also, it would be similar to UninvitedCompany's idea
> of "Wikipedia ambassadors", or users who are responsible for spreading
> Wikimedia-wide messages to their local wikis. 
> 
> Titoxd.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
> [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of David Gerard
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 2:39 PM
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] wikicouncil
> 
> On 19/11/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> 
>>David Gerard wrote:
>>
>>>On 19/11/06, Erik Zachte <erikzachte at infodisiac.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>This is about the Wikicouncil, as discussed on
>>>>http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikicouncil
> 
> 
>>>Sounds like a useful tool to deal with people who need to be kept busy
>>>and well away from anything important.
> 
> 
>>Do I detect yet another note of pessimism?
> 
> 
> 
> No, I'm just not entirely sure what it's for, or what scaling problems
> it helps solve ... it seems like something to make people feel more
> involved, which is good; but its useful function isn't elegantly
> obvious.
> 
> 
> - d.
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