[Wikimedia-l] Democratizing the Wikimedia Foundation

[Lodewijk]

Hi Patricio,

I am especially focussing on democracy (community involvement) and
transparency. I am afraid 'improving governance' is too broad and vague for
most of us to grasp. I realize that the title is a bit challenging and
tickling - that was intentional :)

I'm glad you appreciate it, and i hope you will also participate in it.

Best,
Lodewijk

2012/11/2 Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente at gmail.com>

> 2012/11/2 Lodewijk <lodewijk at effeietsanders.org>:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I have set up a brainstorming page on metawiki (
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Democratizing_the_Wikimedia_Foundation)
> > where I would like to invite you to think about ways to democratize the
> > Wikimedia Foundation.
> >
> > This doesn't mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is totally undemocratic,
> > but it does mean that in my humble opinion, improvements are possible.
> This
> > was triggered by me after the third time in my memory that the Foundation
> > board has changed the bylaws of the Foundation without even consulting
> the
> > community - but this doesn't have to be the only possible improvement.
> >
> > This is not intended as a huge complaint 'moo, the WMF is evil and
> > dictatorial' but rather as a constructive exercise. I invite you to
> > approach this also constructively, and think about possible improvement
> to
> > current procedures - to ensure that there is a large community
> involvement
> > in the governance of the Wikimedia Foundation - directly or indirectly -
> > and that processes are transparent.
> >
> > I hope that our community selected board members will take this up as
> well,
> > think along and bring the proposals to the board when the time is there
> > (Alice, Kat, Patricio, SJ, and Ting: I'm looking at you) but of course
> I'm
> > counting on it that also other board members will support the thought
> > behind this. Any input on how to make this process more constructive
> would
> > be appreciated. I also hope that the legal team will be watching the page
> > and advise when something is legally impossible and how it could be made
> > possible.
>
> Hi Lodewijk! I really appreciate this initiative -although I think the
> subject does not make too much sense: it would be better "Improving
> governance", perhaps-. Anyway, it will be an important input for us.
>
>                                                         Patricio
>
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