[Foundation-l] Re: Official Positions

Thu May 26 18:38:03 UTC 2005

--- Sj <2.718281828 at gmail.com> wrote:
> By the way, we may be slowly countering our own systemic bias, but
> we
> are still enormous geeks -- half of the positions are related to
> technology!  And the rest to money, glory, and the Law.  Content
> and
> usability must fit in somewhere... I suppose those are too
> fundamental
> and important to have made the list, rather than too boring and
> silent.  Still, a usability group and a content quality group are
> much
> needed; and similar officers would have work enough to stay busy.

I agree. 

I also suggest that mediation, and mentoring get contact points. 

Mediation I think would be an aggregator role, with added
responsibility to formulate guidelines for mediators.

Mentor would really coordinate efforts to increase mentoring activity
among members, with the end-result that content quality will
increases (hopefully) and that less friction will occur. This role
could also contribute to the creation of material geared at educators
that want theirs students to experience wikipedia.

Perhaps I would also look for "government relations" to act as the
liason point for establishing and maintaining relations with
government bodies, from education and cultural institutions to
whatever.

Chris Mahan
818.943.1850 cell
chris_mahan at yahoo.com
chris.mahan at gmail.com
http://www.christophermahan.com/

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