Are the Gerrit permission requests that techcom used to handle going to the
new forum or another team?

On Tue, 26 Jan 2021, 12:20 pm Kate Chapman, <kchap...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I’m pleased to announce that the Technical Decision Making Process[0]
> proposed as an evolution of the Wikimedia Technical Committee[1]
> (TechCom) process has been approved by the Wikimedia Foundation, and
> will begin operation on 22nd of January. Back in October[2] and
> November[3] I sought input into a proposed process and in December I
> incorporated that feedback into the approved process.
>
> This process is designed to be more inclusive by shifting the
> representations. It has clear timelines for when decisions will be
> made and to develop a clear lifecycle of a decision. The process is
> designed to be clear about how and which stakeholders will be engaged.
> It also introduces a Technical Decision Forum and Templates for the
> process.
>
> Currently a group from the Wikimedia Technology and Product
> Departments are in the process of forming the initial Decision Forum.
> The initial forum will include representatives from Wikimedia
> Foundation teams, Wikimedia Deutschland, and independent +2
> contributors. Please see the proposal for community representation on
> the Decision Forum[4] and provide input by 2021-02-15. We know we will
> need to adjust the representation in the forum over time. If you
> believe you are from a group that is not represented and should be,
> please contact us (tech-decision-forum-supp...@wikimedia.org).
>
> If you currently have an RFC in process with TechCom that is not on
> Last Call, it may need to be moved into this process. If you have
> filed an RFC that is no longer relevant please close it. The group
> setting up the process will be inquiring about the RFC status on the
> individual Phabricator tickets.
>
> To get started with this new process you just need to open a
> Phabricator Ticket on the Technical Decision Making Process board[5].
>
> If you need help getting started or have further questions please
> reach out at tech-decision-forum-supp...@wikimedia.org or reply on
> this thread.
>
> [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Decision_Making_Process
> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Committee
> [2]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-October/093968.html
> [3]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2020-November/094037.html
> [4]
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Technical_Decision_Making_Process/Draft_Proposal_Community_Representation
> [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/5179/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kate
> --
> Kate Chapman (she/her/hers)
> Director of Architecture, Architecture Team
> Wikimedia Foundation
> kchap...@wikimedia.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wikitech-l mailing list
> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
>
_______________________________________________
Wikitech-l mailing list
Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

Reply via email to