Lodewijk, Thank you for this suggestion. I drafted a proposal about a month ago for something like this, as a community-initiated project; however, I agree that something with explicit buy-in from the Board would be much better. Still, perhaps this draft will be useful; it is Proposal #1 (of two) on this page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Peteforsyth/Heilman15
Do keep in mind, it is a bit out of date; help in updating it and/or moving it to main space as a more formal proposal is welcome. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > Hi Lila, > > Thank you for the update and the pointer. > > As you probably noted, there have been several 'incidents' quickly > following each other, which worry me, and probably you too. You're saying > that you welcome feedback and discussion, and that you're having internal > conversations on how to improve communication. > > When problems continue like this in governments, you often see (well, this > probably depends on the country) that a committee is appointed to > investigate what is really the problem, and to come with some general > recommendations for structural improvements. > > I'm not sure if this is the most effective method, but it might be an > effective way to gain back a bit of trust. Why not appoint a small > committee of a few trusted community members, that can get a bit more > information (also when that has to remain confidential) and make some > structural recommendations with regards to communicating with the > community? Normally I'd expect the Board to take such role, but given > recent events, I don't have the feeling the Board is best placed to do so. > > Just thinking out loud, maybe there are better ideas to approach this in a > way that builds trust again. > > Lodewijk > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:28 PM, Lila Tretikov <l...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > As promised, here is the blog post we published earlier today: > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/16/wikimedia-search-future/ . We are > > also > > having internal conversations on how we can improve communication and > > transparency to increase collaboration on ideation with all of you going > > forward. > > > > I hope this helps contextualize the grant agreement and our broader > efforts > > while addressing some of the confusion around this topic. As always, I > > welcome your feedback and discussion and look forward to our ongoing > > discussion. > > > > Lila > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
