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

[Florence Devouard]

Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
> Hoi Gerard,
> 
> I think actually that Milos and you are advocating the two extremes.
> 
> I do not think we can form a board having a representative of every
> (reasonably defined) big project.
> 
> I also do not think we should leave these projects without representation.
> 
> Let us take again the hypotetical Maltese wikipedian (for definiteness, a
> male Wikipedian) who happens to mainly edit a project with 10 other active
> editors (I am not exactly sure what the actual  standing of the Maltese
> Wikipedia is, let us discuss this as a hypothetical example). If he is not
> an admin on a larger Wikipedia (say English) and not a steward, he doe not
> get a public exposure outside his own small project. This typically means
> he stands no chance to be elected by a general vote, whatever brilliant he
> is. We can not help this. What we can do is to reserve say one Council
> seat all (reasonably defined) small projects and design the procedure how
> these projects will elect their representative. The idea of such as seat
> would be to ensure that (similar) problems of all small Wikipedias are
> being heard. If we reserve zero seats, they are just not represented. If
> wee select a seat for each project, there is no way the Council will be
> operational.
> 
> Cheers,
> Yaroslav

And ?

Even if we reserve a seat... who will elect the guy ?

The 5 members of the Maltese wikipedia ? Why should I trust 5 members 
who approve one guy to be in charge of the governance of the Foundation 
? For all I know, they might be his 2 brothers, 1 cousin, a friend and 
his lover.

Or the 5 members of the Maltese Wikipedia + 2 members of the corsican 
wikipedia + 6 members of the volapuck and 7 members from the swahili ?
2+6+7 of those not knowing the candidate and maybe not even sharing a 
common language with him ? Why would the swahili guys vote for a maltese 
guy they have never heard about ?

Ant