[Foundation-l] Follow up: Fan History joining the WMF family

[Laura Hale]

I'm going to post a clarification as there seems to be some confusion
regarding my post:

After we got back the original e-mail from some one at the WMF, we were
asked by four or five parties to try to continue along with the process in
order to present WMF with a kind of case study for this process.  It wasn't
intended to be a formal one with a write up (though if some one wants to do
that or wants me to do that, let me know) but just so that when this issue
arose again, there would be a clear example as to how things were handled.

My post was intended mostly as a "From my perspective, this is where the
process broke down."

The process broke down in the following places:

1.  Lack of a clear procedure for this in terms of what the steps should be.
2.  Lack of clarity regarding the behavioral expectations of all vested
parties in this process.
3.  Lack of a timeline for when steps should be taken.
4.  No clear point where a proposal is considered dead, beyond silence.
5.  Misleading steps in the proposal process that create misconceptions.
6.  Connectivity problems between proposals on strategy and meta.
7.  Incorrect assumptions regarding Wikipedia needing to apply to all new
projects.

I apologize for the earlier rambling and lack of clarity regarding what I
was attempting to accomplish with my post.

Sincerely,
Laura Hale