Thank you Rogol. The primary way that the volunteer developer community will interact with
the TechCom is through the use of the RFC process as was the case with the ArchCom
beforehand. The TechCom itself of course is open to the volunteer developer community for
participation and since we are expanding membership to cover a broader area of
technologies that the ArchCom was able to cover, there will be more opportunity to get
involved. We are looking forward to that and as Daniel and I will be present at Wikimania
we will discuss the workings and goals of the new charter with anyone who is interested. I
would encourage you and anyone else who wants to know more to reach out to Daniel or
myself to arrange to get together. For those who cannot attend Wikimania, we will host a
webcast in the next few weeks to introduce the new committee and its charter and take
questions.
Best,
Victoria
On Jul 29, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Rogol Domedonfors
<domedonfors(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Victoria
Thanks for that. I am sure we all welcome the new Committee. The
description of its role mentions that it is "the guardian of the integrity,
consistency, stability and performance of the software supporting the
Wikimedia projects", and its "authority on technical decisions regarding
any official software that serves Wikimedia users". Could you say
something about how the Committee will work with the community in its
various aspects to find out what forms of support and service the users and
contributors want and need?
"Rogol"
On Sat, Jul 29, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Victoria Coleman <vcoleman(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hello All!
Daniel and I would like to share some good news:
After talking about it for years, and vetting the draft for months,
it's finally done: the Architecture Committee has adopted a proper charter
defining its purpose, operation, and authority.
You can find the charter here:
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Charter <
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee/Charter>>
The charter among other things defines from where the committee draws its
authority over technical development at the WMF: the committee acts as an
extension of the CTO. This gives the committee a clear role in the
foundation's decision
making processes.
The charter also clarifies the scope of TechCom: it is to act as an
authority on
technical decisions regarding any official software that serves Wikimedia
users.
The committee should be involved in matters regarding such software that
are
strategic, cross-cutting, or hard to undo.
The committee has also given itself a new name, to better fit the scope as
defined in the charter: we are now the Wikimedia Technical Committee
(TechCom).
Looking forward to working with the technical community to fulfill the
charter!
Victoria & Daniel
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