On Jan 21, 2012 2:33 PM, "MZMcBride" <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > > Sumana Harihareswara wrote: > > Thanks to all of you for your feedback on this. We've now finalized the > > policy and it now lives at > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy > > I don't think the Volunteer Development Coordinator (or any Wikimedia > Foundation employee) has the power or authority to institute policies like > this, particularly Wikimedia-wide. > > I'm inclined to move this into Sumana's user space for now. It seems like a > straightforward policy to have, so it shouldn't be too much trouble to have > an accompanying Board resolution, though some of the language will > undoubtedly need to be tweaked first. > > Thoughts?
If a policy makes good sense, we clearly need it, and feedback about the text is mostly positive, then we should adopt it. Rejecting a good idea because of process wonkery is stupid. Sumana is not declaring that she gets to force arbitrary rules on everyone whenever she wants. She is solving a problem for us. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l