Extracted from:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special_projects_committee
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special_projects_committee/Resolutions
"2006-21
The SPC authorize the creation of a subcommittee dedicated to
Wikiversity. Its purpose will be to clarify the scope of this project
and to set up Wikiversity as a sister Wikimedia project. The
subcommittee will consist initially of Cormac Lawler, and will report
back to the SPC on its formation, no later than the 31st of March.
* Date of last vote: march 20, 2006"
I do not recall any discussion, nomination or election of Cormac to
represent the Wikiversity project proponents within the Wikiversity
proposal, at the Wikiversity discussions at meta, or on Wikiversity
pages at Wikibooks. Perhaps this will be a useful reference the next
time some gullible researcher cites Wikipedia as Democracy in action.
OTOH Perhaps the special projects committee only intends to delegate the
tedious task of writing the draft memo (potentially asking Brion to
activate a new set of wiki databases at the existing URL:
http://wikiversity.org/) for review and revision of Jimmy's personal
staff and advisors prior to seeking approval to proceed from the God
King himself via official signature, timestamp, and seal in simulated blood.
Proposed draft milestone schedule for authorizing memorandum revision:
1 April 2006
Cormac reports back to SPC in appreciation of the trust they have
bestowed upon him.
1 May 2006
Draft memo circulates the stealthy Wikiversity prototype site at
Wikibooks and/or meta for comment
1 Jun 2006 - 1 Sept 2006
All work suspended as busy volunteer leadership figures prepare for
Wikimani presentation on how virtual free knowledge shall revolutionize
the 3rd rock from the sun no later than the 42nd century.
1 Oct 2006
Suspense routing slip completed for final review cycle of the revised by
consensus memo to be submitted by the designated leader of the
Wikiversity project participant wanna bes (Cormac, the first) to the
Special Project's Committee for approval per prespecified quorum
criteria to request blessing and permission from the God-King (and or
delegated staff ... Jimmy's legislative review calendar currently
available no sooner than one week prior to review time allocated by
order of the super secretive service pending update of the risk
management matrices established by the Board's partner's security
consultants on loan from U.N.) to deliver to Brion for evaluation of
technical feasibility.
2 Oct 2006
Technical go or nogo from Office of the Technical Administrators (Brion)
15 Nov 2006
New review time slot allocated from God King's 07 calendar for final
review and decision.
Break for holidays.
15 Jan 2007
Draft memo's electronic data font discovered to be in obsolete 06 format
previously utilized by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Authority to authenticate
Presidential Launch Orders to USN Ballistic Missile Submarines. Memo
returned to Cormac for appropriate font revision and formatting along
with request to eliminate phrase "distance elearning" from the proposal.
15 Feb 2007
Apparently all versions of the revised wikiversity proposal were erased
during the great meta cleanup of 06 and nobody noticed the links were
dead until now ...
15 Mar 2007
As a joke somebody proposed that the Special Projects Committee be
reorganized. Unforunately an involuntary knee jerk (conditioned
reflexive) second in the IRC log activated automated quorum call
procedures and the effort to set aside the motion failed by one vote.
15 Apr 2007
We think we can get on Jimmy's calender in 2009. We will know more by
NLT July 2008.
Sept 2008
Cormac takes leave to defend 3rd P'hd Thesis.
Nov 2010
Mav149 enters the obelisk bearing the official Wikimeda DVD archive
documenting the singularity minus wikiversity.
(Note to makeup and/or lighting, need a duller black sheen on the
spacesuit. Cool backpack thruster exhaust!)
Feb 2012
authorization to proceed with
wikiversity.org pending approval by
technical staff