[Foundation-l] logos

Sat Apr 16 19:46:57 UTC 2005

Jimmy Wales wrote:

> When we are dealing with people who want to use our logo, it's up to 
> the board to decide, not the community.  The board of course needs to 
> respect the community, but ultimately we have to really very strongly 
> avoid an ethos which says that we have to go through a massive public 
> discussion and vote about everything -- this is a formula for paralysis.

I'd take the somewhat less-strongly-worded position that "it's up to the 
board to decide _as the representatives of the community_".  That is, 
there is no need for a full public vote on every detailed issue (that 
would defeat the entire purpose of having representatives), but if there 
is reason to believe that the community has a strong opinion one way or 
the other, it would be inappropriate to just ignore that and do the 
opposite.  It would also be preferable to at least ask for input before 
doing anything major.

-Mark