[Foundation-l] Volunteer Council - some thoughts after a discussion on Wikimania

Mon Aug 4 19:12:42 UTC 2008

Hi Erik,

unfortunately, due to historic growth, this foundation-l also has
become a discussion list involving the wider movement. Moving the
discussion to a list which has received, iirc, two posts in it's
duration of existance will not further the discussion I'm afraid.

I do think this is foundation related btw, but mainly indirect :) The
foundation could mainly benefit such a council, since it should make
communicating with the wider community better possible then currently.

Best regards,

Lodewijk

2008/8/4 Erik Moeller <erik op wikimedia.org>:
> 2008/8/3 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen op gmail.com>:
>> Hoi,
>> That would be premature and given the broad base of support that it is
>> looking for, it is a bad idea for this as well. Some people complain and say
>> that Foundation-l does not cover enough relevant facts.. the best way of
>> countering this argument is by having subjects like the Volunteer Council
>> remain on this list.
>
> I just noticed that there already is a relatively dormant "Meta" mailing list:
>
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediameta-l
>
> There might be some value in having "community self-organization"
> discussions explicitly on that list, because foundation-l suggests
> that it's specifically about the Wikimedia Foundation, and that it is
> less inclusive of the chapters and the broader Wikimedia movement. As
> has been expressed here a few times, the Wikimedia Foundation as an
> organizational entity should not have to approve or bless community
> self-organization efforts, and a separate list might help to reinforce
> that concept.
> --
> Erik Möller
> Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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