[Foundation-l] VC - alternative resolution

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
The key thing is when the fence goes up, you know as a neighbour what is
going to be build. You know if it is a house or a nuclear reactor. You know
if its utility. At the moment I know the VC proposal does not state its
utility, at the moment it is a grap for power hence the up front requirement
for board approval. The name of a VC does not tell us anything either.
Again, build your fence but also but a notice out stating that company PPC
is going to build a Project Council that will represent the Projects in the
organisation of the Wikimedia Foundation. The subcontractors are (the names
of the provisional council members) and all volutunteer.

It gives some rest to the neighbourhood.
Thanks,
      GerardM

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

> Florence Devouard wrote:
> > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> >
> >> And after they did get their sturdy, well insulated
> >> log-cabin built, it might for a long time do double
> >> time as a barn, with the animals staying with
> >> the family in sweet harmony. A barnraising would
> >> then be done only after the fields had been
> >> cleared (for the duration living hand to mouth
> >> foraging and fishing and so on), and a crop
> >> and feedstock hay had been planted in such
> >> amounts as to require more of a moreness
> >> of space.
> >>
> >> It has however been suggested that saunas
> >> had a spiritual function too for finns, so I guess
> >> they built their "churches" first... Though their
> >> churches were what one might call very "utilitarian".
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >>
> >> There is great virtue in building flexible first,
> >> then solid, and after that, enlarging - I would
> >> think.
> >>
> > I guess the saunas were built by the Collective though. Hence having the
> > same benefit of collaborative success.
> >
> > Nice story Cimon :-)
> >
> A lot can be learned from building priorities and habits.  In many
> housing developments here the first thing built is the fences between
> building lots:  2 metres high and solid so that you can't see through
> them.
>
> Such an environment makes it difficult to build communities because it
> discourages talking with the neighbour about evryday life events, or
> sharing ideas about making flowers grow better. Poor communities do not
> recognize their poverty when everyone around is equally poor.
> Similarly, the powerless are not as aware of their powerlessness as when
> the larger community mines its power for its own good.  So fences are
> built to give the illusion of power over one's tiny personal kingdom.
> Groups draft labyrinthine rules out of fear of losing power, and the
> rules become their church.
>
> Their are no real advances without risks. Sometimes a new venture will
> be a dreadful flop, but more often with meaningless rather than harmful
> results.
>
> Ec
>
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