On 25.06.2011 10:50, wrote Lodewijk:
> Hi,
>
> I read from several posts that the process with the nominating committee did
> not work out at all. In the mean time the whole nominating committee (and
> therefore any formal procedure where non-board members, read: the community,
> have any say on wh
On 06/25/2011 08:33 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> On 25 June 2011 19:18, Milos Rancic wrote:
>> My general position is that Wikimedian community is diverse enough to
>> fill expert seats from itself.
>
> You are probably right, but who would make the better board member: an
> average lawyer (or what
>
> The general observation that we should be easier for everyone to edit
> is reasonable, and that doing that and more outreach would help the
> rest of the world contribute more effectively.
(I did in fact see this in my previous email, but forgot to erase the line
about you missing my point,
On Jun 25, 2011, at 6:46 PM, George Herbert wrote:
>
> "How do I manage the political factions on ANI or an Arbcom case on
> english language Wikipedia to deal with this policy / behavior
> problem" is something that very few *insiders* can do well...
That's not the board's job though, and miss
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>
> On Jun 25, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Having had the honor of being one of the first outside appointed board
>> member to the Wikimedia Board I do want to add that one of the main reasons
>> for having appoi
On Jun 25, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Jan-Bart de Vreede wrote:
> Hi
>
> Having had the honor of being one of the first outside appointed board member
> to the Wikimedia Board I do want to add that one of the main reasons for
> having appointed members is to get an outsiders perspective. This is
> gen
Hi
Having had the honor of being one of the first outside appointed board member
to the Wikimedia Board I do want to add that one of the main reasons for having
appointed members is to get an outsiders perspective. This is generally
considered good practice. Basically the idea behind this is th
On 6/25/2011 1:50 AM, Lodewijk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I read from several posts that the process with the nominating committee did
> not work out at all. In the mean time the whole nominating committee (and
> therefore any formal procedure where non-board members, read: the community,
> have any say on w
On 25 June 2011 19:18, Milos Rancic wrote:
> My general position is that Wikimedian community is diverse enough to
> fill expert seats from itself.
You are probably right, but who would make the better board member: an
average lawyer (or whatever) that's a Wikimedian or a top lawyer that
isn't?
on 6/25/11 2:18 PM, Milos Rancic at mill...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 06/25/2011 07:35 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> To clarify my position, I found the procedure as designed for handling
>> appointed seats to be inherently unworkable. I don't think the procedures
>> could have been followed dur
On 06/25/2011 07:35 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote:
> To clarify my position, I found the procedure as designed for handling
> appointed seats to be inherently unworkable. I don't think the procedures
> could have been followed during my service on the committee given the
> resources and time a
To clarify my position, I found the procedure as designed for handling
appointed seats to be inherently unworkable. I don't think the procedures could
have been followed during my service on the committee given the resources and
time available. I imagine idealists will disagree with that assessm
On 06/25/2011 10:50 AM, Lodewijk wrote:
> I read from several posts that the process with the nominating committee did
> not work out at all. In the mean time the whole nominating committee (and
> therefore any formal procedure where non-board members, read: the community,
> have any say on who get
Hi,
I read from several posts that the process with the nominating committee did
not work out at all. In the mean time the whole nominating committee (and
therefore any formal procedure where non-board members, read: the community,
have any say on who gets onto the board in the appointed seat). I
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