Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-27 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/27/2011 11:39 AM, Ting Chen wrote: > on the August 2010 board meeting the board had talked about the > responsibilities of the board, the staff and the committees (minutes > here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010 ). The > board had worked through this with the RASCI

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-27 Thread Ting Chen
Hello dear all, on the August 2010 board meeting the board had talked about the responsibilities of the board, the staff and the committees (minutes here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010 ). The board had worked through this with the RASCI matrix (http://en.wikipedia.or

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-26 Thread Samuel Klein
> Also, I do not understand why the *language* committee has > a role in this in the first place. Is closing projects often about whether > or not it actually is a language (the expertise field of langcom)? Most close requests are for projects that would not have been created under the current str

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-26 Thread Robin Pepermans
ut from under us. The situation is ridiculous. > > > > > From: Milos Rancic > > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:04:50 +0200 > > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official > > On 06/25/2011 12:54

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 04:32 PM, Aaron Adrignola wrote: > I also agree that a resolution is needed. Two individuals don't speak for > the whole board and I'm not willing to take your word on it. Up until now > the community has had the say over which projects were closed through the > proposals for closin

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Aaron Adrignola
I never saw any requests for comment from the community either before you decided to pull the rug out from under us. The situation is ridiculous. > From: Milos Rancic > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:04:50 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Closing pro

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 12:54 PM, Béria Lima wrote: > So we should wait for a resolution no? Until there is only your word. > > PS: I'm not saying you are lying or anything, but that the final decision > about that requires a Resolution. I don't think that it is needed because Board has the final word anyw

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Béria Lima
So we should wait for a resolution no? Until there is only your word. PS: I'm not saying you are lying or anything, but that the final decision about that requires a Resolution. _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilid

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 12:49 PM, Béria Lima wrote: >> *Sj and Ting informed us that Board has agreed with the policy after the >> discussion. > > If i understand right that was in Berlin. So the Board had 2 months to put > that in a resolution, and didn't. That doesn't sound as a approval to me. No, Ting

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Béria Lima
> > *Sj and Ting informed us that Board has agreed with the policy after the > discussion. > * If i understand right that was in Berlin. So the Board had 2 months to put that in a resolution, and didn't. That doesn't sound as a approval to me. _ *Béria Lima* (351) 925 17

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 12:38 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > As you may remember, the report was very long, and even though I speeded > through it, I did not notice it since I wouldn't ever expect it there :) The > fact you published it before doesnt make arguments less valid though. I think that the argument is val

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
2011/6/25 Milos Rancic > On 06/25/2011 11:20 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > > could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to > > *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this > advice > > to the board is given by one individual, even if the rest of the > comm

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 11:20 AM, Lodewijk wrote: > could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to > *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this advice > to the board is given by one individual, even if the rest of the committee > disagrees (there is a two wee

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this advice to the board is given by one individual, even if the rest of the committee disagrees (there is a two week discussion but in the end it is a one-per