There is a difference between contributing to the public discussion on a topic and being party of the committee making decisions on it. Jon's email was much broader than just sitting on committees. On Dec 7, 2012 5:33 PM, "Chris Keating" <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> True, but don't want to through the baby out with the bathwater. We >> need, as a community, to learn how to manage conflicts of interest. We >> can't just avoid them. > > > Indeed. Part of that is separating decision-making from any benefit that > results from those decisions. Community input will be vital in further > developing things like our GLAM programme, and we are planning to formalise > that with things like a formally-constituted GLAM Committee. It's very > likely that that programme will in future involve more Wikimedians in > Residence and more staff. > > What we can't have is a situation where someone on (say) a GLAM Committee > is helping make decisions about where Wikimedia UK is seeking to appoint > Wikimedians in Residence, or what their contract should say, and then > applying for one of those Wikimedian in Residence posts. I hope this makes > sense. > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >
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