Has any benchmarking been done on this?
Gordo
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On 7 December 2012 17:33, Chris Keating wrote:
> What we can't have is a situation where someone on (say) a GLAM Committee is
> helping make decisions about where Wikimedia UK is seeking to appoint
> Wikimedians in Residence, or what their contract should say, and then
> applying for one of those
There is a difference between contributing to the public discussion on a
topic and being party of the committee making decisions on it. Jon's email
was much broader than just sitting on committees.
On Dec 7, 2012 5:33 PM, "Chris Keating" wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Thomas Dalton wrot
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
>
> True, but don't want to through the baby out with the bathwater. We
> need, as a community, to learn how to manage conflicts of interest. We
> can't just avoid them.
Indeed. Part of that is separating decision-making from any benefit that
*Throw*, even - my fingers like to type (near-)homophones...
On 7 December 2012 15:38, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> On 7 December 2012 15:33, Jon Davies wrote:
>> We live in difficult times
>
> True, but don't want to through the baby out with the bathwater. We
> need, as a community, to learn how
On 7 December 2012 15:33, Jon Davies wrote:
> We live in difficult times
True, but don't want to through the baby out with the bathwater. We
need, as a community, to learn how to manage conflicts of interest. We
can't just avoid them.
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On 7 December 2012 15:25, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> That seems a bit excessive. Those are precisely the people that could have
> very valuable input in the discussions. As long as they declare the
> interest, I don't see a problem.
> On Dec 7, 2012 3:09 PM, "Jon Davie
