[Wikimedia-l] Questions for the Board post-Wikimania

[Quim Gil]

On 08/14/2013 01:52 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
> Would the Board
> consider recruiting expert seats with more experience in engineering and
> product development?"

With or without expert seats, I believe the whole tech planning process 
would improve if our tech volunteers (tech ambassadors?) would be more 
involved since the beginning. This might mean a longer discussion, but 
also more transparent and with a better community backing since the 
beginning.

Moving some discussions early in the planning process might save a lot 
more time and energy discussing months later, when prototypes and betas 
start to show up. And by that time it could be the own tech ambassadors 
the ones defending the plan they helped build.

Opinions are mine, etc.

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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil