[Foundation-l] strategic planning IRC office hours

[Mike.lifeguard]

Good eyes, Sj. I have to agree - opening a new wiki for every single
project is a terrible idea, as we've learned from quality.wikimedia.org.
Please try to use Meta for this purpose.

-Mike

On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 02:19 -0400, Samuel Klein wrote:

> A related question - I see there was a request to set up a new domain, "
> strategy.wikimedia.org"
> 
> What would this new site be for?  New single-purpose wikis can flounder
> after distracting people with setting up basic infrastructure (userpages,
> handy community gathering points) and tend to segment the community in a way
> that discourages broad participation.
> 
> Meta has been used for strategic planning since the beginning, and has
> attracted a pool of editors sympathetic to this sort of vision creation and
> consensus building.
> 
> SJ
> 
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Eugene, very nice, thank you (and welcome!)
> >
> > * Could you please help update the meta page on the process with your
> > thoughts and ideas?   [[m:Strategic planning 2009]]  What's your current
> > rough timeline for the coming 12 months?
> >
> > * I see you are using a non-editable Chandler calendar to track tasks.  Can
> > you set up an editable one for the whole community to use?  It also seems to
> > me that more of the 'later' tasks, even at this early stage, should be
> > milestones from / facilitated through / presented to the community, whereas
> > they are currently designed around bridgespan and board meetings.
> >
> > * I have the impression that bridgespan would like to be brought up to
> > speed on what the community's key issues, motivations, and priorities are.
> > You probably know better than anyone; how can community members best help
> > get outsiders (like BS) get up to speed on past discussions about WM and WP
> > future planning?  How have you been getting up to speed?
> >
> > This might be a good discussion to continue on-wiki -- I expect most of the
> > community editing about this will take place on Meta, and its pages are
> > watched by many people who don't read f-l.
> >
> > Warmly,
> > SJ
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Eugene Eric Kim <eekim at blueoxen.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everybody,
> >>
> >> We're still in the process of getting up to speed, but I'm anxious to
> >> start interacting with more of you and garnering some feedback as we
> >> prepare to initiate this process. As a way to get to know each other
> >> and talk about the process, Philippe and I will be holding IRC office
> >> hours tomorrow on freenode's #wikimedia channel from 8-10pm UTC. (You
> >> can convert this to your local timezone using: http://bit.ly/1aCw9p ).
> >>
> >> It will be informal. We'll be around to chat, hear your ideas, and
> >> tell you what we know thus far. Please join us, and please spread the
> >> word to others who might be interested!
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> =Eugene
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Eugene Eric Kim ................................ http://xri.net/=eekim
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