[Foundation-l] VC - alternative resolution

[Ray Saintonge]

Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> 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
I wasn't even talking about nuclear or industrial establishments, but 
about strictly residential neighbourhoods.  Zoning by-laws would already 
have kept industrial operations away.  When the housing developments are 
built there are no residents on either side of the fence to see what is 
being put up.  It's really about putting up barriers between people.

Whether the group is called a Volunteer Council or a Project Council is 
of no consequence; it's merely word play.

Saying that there is a power grab strikes me as unnecessarily demeaning 
all who are approaching the idea with a constructive attitude.  If the 
Board agrees that this is a credible initiative it would be a good step 
forward to give its support for the undertaking.  A more permanent 
structure can be approved at a later time; alternatively, it always has 
the option to pronounce against the credibility  of a rogue Council.

One of the tasks of a provisional group will be to better define the 
"utility" of the Council, about which there is already a wide variety of 
opinion just among the ten candidate members.  This is not a completely 
clueless group of candidates.

Ec