Volunteers are subject to all sorts of processes they dont (directly) consent to. Sure they could walk away if they dont like a process, just like staff can quit if they dont like something, but thats rarely a real option.
On Friday, July 28, 2017, Daniel Kinzler <daniel.kinz...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hi Nemo! > > Thanks for your comments. Please note that the last call period is over, and the > charter has been officially adopted on Wednesdays. I mentioned this in the Radar > email yesterday. I'll send out a separate announcement today. > > You wrote: >> Daniel wrote: >>> This finally gives the committee a clear place in the "chain of command", >>> and real authority over software development at the WMF, where it formerly >>> had none. >> >> This is a compelling argument, but why not call it Wikimedia Foundation >> Technical Committee then? It would also be easier to clarify that it's >> mostly/only meant for WMF staff and whoever else decides to submit to its >> process (this is already implied by phrases such as "developers or teams"), >> rather than for MediaWiki in general. > The charter does not reduce the committees scope from what it was before, it > expands it. Also, it does not reduce authority, but expands it. > > Volunteers are by definition only subject to processes they decide to submit to. > The new charter changes nothing for volunteers. However, with the new charter, > WMF staff is now subject to TechCom decisions, based on the CTO's authority. > This was not the case before. > >> P.s.: Not commenting is not necessarily a choice. For instance, the talk page >> doesn't use wikitext and therefore creates selection bias for the >> discussion. > > Well, using wikitext is also a barrier to many, so that would also create a > selection bias. Even using computers creates a selection bias. Seriously - we > are talking about developers. I expect they are able to use a thread based > discussion board as well as they can use wiki syntax. And if they totally hate > flow, they can just reply to the email. > > Regards, > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > 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
