Sarah, I'd prefer to see the "keeping
the servers running" role
completely separate from the community. As an organised community, if we
become dissatisfied with the service being provided by the WMF, we could
just sack them (or not renew their contract) and take on a new
infrastructure contractor to "keep the servers running." Organised, we -
the people who actually created this thing and actively maintain it - could
set the course for its development.
Anthony Cole
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Anthony Cole <ahcoleecu(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Sarah, if the volunteer community was organised
and had its own,
functional representative body that had the community's trust and respect,
that would, to some degree, correct the present asymmetry between us and
the WMF.
Our only rights in relation to them are to fork or leave. While we are
atomised, the latter is our only option. Organised, forking becomes a
serious possibility. Of course, I hope it never comes to that. But without
that possibility, we are in the position of just having to take whatever
from the WMF - good and bad.
Anthony Cole
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:47 AM, SarahSV <sarahsv.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Denny Vrandecic
<
dvrandecic(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> To make a few things about the Board of Trustees clear - things that
will
> be true now matter how much you reorganize it:
>
> - the Board members have duties of care and loyalty to the Foundation
- not
> to the movement.
>
> Hi Denny,
Blue Avocado, the non-profit magazine, offers a somewhat different view.
They have published a board-member "contract" to give non-profit
directors
an idea of what's expected of them. It includes:
"...
I will interpret our constituencies' needs and values to the
organization,
speak out for their interests, and on their behalf, hold the
organization
accountable.
" [1]
Sarah
[1]
http://www.blueavocado.org/content/board-member-contract
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