+1
Florence
(the WMF board elections Analysis Committee selection process...
really... ugh)
Le 19/05/2022 à 13:50, Peter Southwood a écrit :
+1
P
*From:*Samuel Klein [mailto:meta...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* 18 May 2022 22:44
*To:* Wikimedia Mailing List
*Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Simplifying governance processes
Dear Board (and all),
The growing complexity of governance efforts is defeating us. Process
creep
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_instruction_creep> is
an existential threat for projects like ours – it is self-perpetuating
if not actively curtailed, as it filters out people who dislike excess
process. There's a reason 'bureaucrats' and 'stewards' have
unglamorous titles.
Global governance in particular seems to be suffering from this now.
Let's try to scale it back! Recent developments, all at least
somewhat confusing:
*Global Council*: A three-stage vote for the drafting committee.
After 6 months of work in private, we know the charter will cover
governance, resourcing, & community
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content>. A
ratifiable charter by 2023 should include Council scope, then
*another* group may draft an election process. Council elections would
start mid-2024.
*Conduct*: Two years from first draft to realization. Custom review &
revision process for policy, set to change ~once a year. Enforcement
by *another* group (U4C), not yet defined, with an idea about annual
elections for it [starting in 2023?].
*WMF Board*: A /four/-stage election, with a new complex nomination
template. Nominees evaluated by *another* elected 9-person Analysis
Committee, followed by a two-stage vote.
Months of process, 16 staff facilitators.
Something has to give. We don't have time for all of these to be
different, complex affairs.
And this complexity feels self-imposed, like trying to push spaghetti
through a straw.
~ ~ ~
Four short proposals for your consideration:
1. Focus discussions on the decisions we need to resolve, not on process.
We need a foundation Board & global Council for specific practical
reasons. What challenges do they need to resolve this year? What
major issues + nuances are at play?
2. Make elections simple, flexible, consistent.
Build tools and frameworks that /conserve/ rather than soak up
community time. Make longer processes capture proportionately
detailed results. Empower a standing election committee.
3. Highlight ways people can engage with governance + prioritization,
regionally + globally, beyond winning elections to procedural bodies.
/Support/ organizers + facilitators rather than /hiring/ them out of
their communities to facilitate on behalf of a central org.
4. Delegate more. Delegate to community. Delegate /design/ and
/implementation/.
Our communities excel at self-organization, and rebel against
arbitrary mandates. Avoid language or policies that remove agency or
exaggerate staff-community division.
𝒲♡, SJ
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Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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