[Foundation-l] Where we are headed

Michael R. Irwin michael_irwin at verizon.net
Tue Jun 13 14:53:23 UTC 2006


Erik Moeller wrote:

>There is virtually no active pressure or demand from the actual
>community for openness, participatory processes and transparency
>within the Wikimedia Foundation. As a result, there are very little.
>The committees which have been formed are useful, but they pick and
>choose their members on a case by case basis (or perhaps I should say
>"face by face") -- cf. GerardM's rejected membership application to
>the Special Projects committee. At least during the transitional
>phase, the amount of bureauracy is even worse than it was at the time
>we were ruled by the Board and the Board alone.
>  
>
Eric, I believe you are incorrect in the statement above that there is 
no community pressure for openess, participatory processes, and 
transparency within the Wikimedia Foundation.

The pressure is the non participation.

Regards,
lazyquasar




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