[Foundation-l] Fwd: How do you fully consult the community consensus?

[Jennifer Riggs]

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> 2009/7/2 Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu>:
>> As the projects have grown and as they have become more centrally managed in
>> a top down fashion it has become increasingly difficult for ideas to
>> percolate from the bottom up.

I'm curious. In your perspective who is doing the central management 
that makes it difficult for ideas to percolate up? WMF, Jimmy, Board, 
select administrators/highly involved community members? In your 
opinion, is there an infrastructure barrier or a personalities one?

jriggs