[WikiEN-l] Re: Admin meeting

[Fred Bauder]

A gathering of Wikipedia administrators would not be a local  
governing body operating under the law of California or any other US  
state.

Fred

On Jan 22, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Jonathan wrote:

> Please be advised that some areas have laws of assembly and the  
> conduct of such assembly. The assembly of admins, to vote or to  
> effect policy, may fall into such jurisdiction. The Brown Act, in  
> U.S, is an example implementation that governs public and private  
> assembly.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jonathan
>
> daniwo59 at aol.com wrote:
>
>
>> The fact that there are so many admins is one of teh key reasons  
>> why I  think that such a meeting is so important. It is vital for  
>> people to get to know  one another a little better and see who the  
>> active admins are. At the same time, I also think it is important  
>> that the admins be made  aware of some things on a Foundation  
>> level. What should they be looking out for?  How can they resolve  
>> problems effectively? What are the exact policities and  when  
>> (gasp) should these policies be overlooked in the larger interest  
>> of the  project? The meeting would take place on IRC as Cimon  
>> suggested. I think Fred's  ideas are excellent, and we can  
>> certainly consider implementing an admin only  IRC channel and  
>> mailing list. These are things that can be brought up at the   
>> meeting. I realize that the meeting will be clumsy at first  
>> because of all the  people involved. I would like, however, to  
>> suggest that we try it and see  how many people actually show up.  
>> We can, of course, have additional meetings as  necessary, and may  
>> realize that one meeting is impractical. As a full-time   
>> Wikipedian, I will make a point of being at any meeting suggested.  
>> Suggested time, anyone? Danny
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