[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Leadership (was NY Times article on gender gap in Wikipedia contributors} - repost

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My own simple solution would be to elect a "policy advisory committee"

*The PAC would only consider policy areas, and only as a last resort, where the status-quo did not enjoy evident consensus, but where repeated community attempts to resolve the problem had proved futile.
*The PAC by majority voting would define the issues, call for evidence of the problems, and assess the possible reform possibilities (like an arbitration, the community free to make submissions).
*The PAC would vote and either endorse the status-quo or a "preferred solution" 
*If a preferred solution emerges, this would go for community consultation and then be tweaked by the committee.
*The final "preferred solution" would then be set against the "status quo" in a straight up/down community vote.

Scott