[Foundation-l] Ancient

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
There is another member has really important reasons why the e-mail needs to
be private. A person that has an expertise that we really need. I am of the
opinion that it is as a consequence not a good idea to make our mail public
and this is reason enough for my mail not to be made public.
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:

> One thing I appreciate about Jesse Martin's activities in the language
> committee is that he aims for transparency. It seems every member of
> the subcommittee - besides Gerard M. -  has agreed to the public
> archival of their messages.
>
> However, I am certainly curious, Jesse has characterized working for
> the LC as fraught with lengthy discussions... where?
>
> I can see that Jesse has done a lot of work, but looking here:
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_subcommittee/Archives/2008-02
>
> It appears that the vast majority of the posts come from Jesse or
> Gerard, with some additional opinions from Sabine and Berto, but most
> members seem to just chime in to concur with proposals or object.
>
> I'm not trying to say that members should not be weighing in more with
> their own opinions, but rather that if you consider the average
> contribution to discussions of anybody besides Jesse and Gerard, it
> seems rather easy a job.
>
> Perhaps Jesse is detailing his own experience.
>
> Mark
>
> On 14/04/2008, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> > This perhaps might be better stated as Dovi wishing to see more LangCom
> >  people active here, although from Jesse's comments that might make the
> >  entire process too onerous for committee members.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Brian
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
> >
> > [mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Mark
> >  Williamson
> >  Sent: 14 April 2008 05:02
> >  To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> >  Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Ancient
> >
> >
> > >  anyone other than yourself has a valid argument. You assert that the
> >  basis
> >  >  for your position is the unstated guidelines to which the language
> >  committee
> >  >  allegedly works.
> >
> >  It is worth noting that in Gerard M's (he got angry last time I used
> >  his surname, even though it is used in some ML messages) many months
> >  of doing this in many messages, Jesse Martin, another member of the
> >  committee, has often challenged his interpretation of the guidelines,
> >  or suggested that he was expressing his own opinion as if it were a
> >  guideline.
> >
> >  Gerard, Dovi asked you how membership is decided. Dovi said, and I
> >  quote: "I would like to see more voices and greater diversity of
> >  opinion on it", which to me implies Dovi would like to see more
> >  members, though not necessarily him/herself.
> >
> >  Mark
> >
> >
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