I think transparency *is* about making everything public, and that the Foundation is merely a semi-transparent organisation, and should at least be open about not being a completely open. I don't know enough about the Foundation and non-profit law to say whether the Foundation could or should be truly transparent, but I do think it is wrong for it to trade on the kudos of transparency when it is merely semi-transparent. And similarly for the claims I read of it being anti-hierarchical.
James On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Jesse Plamondon-Willard <pathosch...@gmail.com> wrote: > James Rigg <jamesrigg1...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> It does seem to be the case that it has been decided that the earlier >> ideals of *full* transparency and no hierarchy were naive and have >> been abandoned. > > > Hello James, > > Transparency is not about making everything public, but making as much > as feasible public. I don't think anyone expects their employer to > publish their pay negotiations or medical conditions, and I don't mind > if there's no press release about the Executive Director's bad > diarrhea day. Some aspects are less public than I would like (such as > some committees' discussion), but overall the Foundation is pretty > good at transparency. > > Hierarchy is inevitable within the Foundation (the Board of Trustees > naturally has more sway than the janitor); no hierarchy is an ideal > for wiki communities, where no editor has more decision power than any > other regardless of access flags. > > I think there's room for improvement, but generally the Foundation > fulfills its ideals relatively well. Ironically, it's the community > itself that does more poorly in fulfilling the no-hierarchy rule; > people seem to naturally fall into hierarchies even if you keep > telling them they're all equal. > > -- > Yours cordially, > Jesse Plamondon-Willard (Pathoschild) > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
