[Wikipedia-l] Foundation-l

[Tomos at Wikipedia]

I personally think foundation-l is a good idea. Here is a list of topics 
that I can imagine for the foundation-l

Bylaws
Fiscal issues
Election
Wikimediafoundation.org web site
Proposal for new projects such as wikinews or commons
Issues related to Meta Wikimedia

Regarding the five-day deadline, I think it is okay.

At Japanese Wikipedia, virtually no policy decision is made within a week. 
We wait at least 7 days to see if there is any dissent. (If there is, we 
discuss the proposal further, and take more time.)

But probably this list is merely a spin-out from the existing one, and that 
means the voting is mainly for those who are already on the list, as opposed 
to wikipedia-wide.

If there is any intention of increasing multilingual participation to a 
mailinglist (to this or any other), we may need to take more time and listen 
to what people have to say. But Erik's proposal is not about increasing 
participation, etc. If the current participants think splitting is a good 
idea, that might well be enough.

But still, if there is no reason to hurry, it is okay to vote for 7 days, or 
even to keep vote open until 3days of no voting activity, I suppose. If the 
list ends up under-used, for example, this kind of wider-consensus could 
serve as a source of legitimacy to keep it, and try to make use of it, as 
opposed to simply abandon it. But again, maybe Erik is thinking that it is 
too obvious that there is a need for the list, and taking long time for a 
vote is not necessary. He might be right.

Regards,

Tomos

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