[Wikimedia-l] Democratizing the Wikimedia Foundation

[Ilario Valdelli]

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Patricio Lorente <patricio.lorente at gmail.com
> wrote:

> > 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.
>
> > I hope that our community selected board members will take this up as
> well,
> 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
>

Or may be... "improving transparency"?

Governance is not transparency, governance is "controlling".


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Ilario Valdelli
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