hi James,
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:06 AM, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
*Staff: *I have always thought that the Staff need to
be considered part of
the community.
I think the main thing is why should WMF staff be treated any differently
than WMDE, WMFR, or WMUK staff. All are engaged (although through
employment) in the community. I understand that the argument is that the
chapters have their seats secured from a separate poll, while WMF does not.
I'm inclined to agree with your previous view: since most of the staffers
satisfy other requirements anyway, and since there are many
chapters/affiliate groups of different levels of involvement, and also
since these groups have their seats secured from a separate poll (unlike
WMF), the easiest way would probably be to introduce low, uniform
editing/involvement requirements, well ahead of time, and stop
distinguishing employment status.
In fact, one could experiment with adding WMF as an organization equal to
chapters to elections of "chapter seats", and banning WMF/chapters
employees from "community seats" elections altogether ;) But seriously, I
think the practical thing to do would be to start working on the rules of
next elections right after the current ones are over, and introduce
eligibility based on actual activity only (with possible lower
requirements).
best,
dj "pundit"
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prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak
kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego
i centrum badawczego CROW
Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl
członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
członek Komitetu Polityki Naukowej MNiSW
Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An
Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego
autorstwa
http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010
Recenzje
Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
Pacific Standard:
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/
Motherboard:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia
The Wikipedian:
http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge