hi Rogol,
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <[email protected]> wrote: > I quite understand that some members of the Board feel that there are more > important calls on their collective time and resources than engaging > directly with individual members of the community, even though some do feel > that they may be able to as individuals. I note that you feel that it is > possible that returning to this issue next year the Board may be able to > make some improvements (and, we presume, may not). So you propose to park > the issue and maybe do something in the future, but without any sort of > urgency or commitment. > I think there may be a bit of good will misunderstanding. I strongly believe that the Board members should engage directly with individual members of the community. I have only acknowledged the fact that our current technologies are highly imperfect for that. > I think this is completely mistaken. The community has far more resources, > far better ideas, and far more experience than the Board on its own can > possibly hope to have – if only the Board were willing and able to tap into > it. Constructive engagement would not only pay for itself purely in terms > of avoiding the conflicts which have drained everyone's time and energy in > the past, but also enable the Board to take a more far-sighted and positive > attitude to the future direction of the mission. > This is absolutely a very good point. I definitely believe that the community has the skills, experience, and ability to help (or heavy-lift on its own) a number of tech solutions. However, if better communication tools are not developed from within the community, we still should make them, that's the point. > > The Board's failure to engage effectively with the community until now, and > lack of interest in doing so in the future, is putting the mission at > risk. What a shame. > Again, I have not expressed such a lack of interest, and I don't think other members did. best, dariusz _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
