[Foundation-l] Volunteer Council - A shot for a resolution

[Thomas Dalton]

> I don't agree with the whole idea of having a three-part governing
>  system for the WMF. I think it's far better to treat the volunteer
>  council as an advisory group that serves the board, and not treat them
>  as a separate authority structure. The board can handle the authority
>  aspects, as it has since it's inception. What the board can't be
>  expected to do is stay up-to-date with the minutia of hundreds of
>  projects in hundreds of languages. The board also has a good history
>  of staying above the fray, and choosing not to get involved with the
>  management of the individual projects. If the board and the council
>  aren't competitors, then we don't need to worry about any kind of
>  judiciary (dare I say "meta arbcom") to maintain the peace between
>  them.

It hasn't yet been determined what the council's scope will be, but
personally I wouldn't give them any power to micromanage individual
projects - projects should govern themselves for the most part. No-one
can keep up-to-date with the minutia of hundreds of projects.