All, The new Executive Committee members are starred in the list below; older members are not.
Robert Badgett* Lee Berger* Aleta Curry* Ruth Ifcher Mike Johnson Gareth Leng Greg Sabino Mullane Jitse Niesen* Hayford Peirce Nereo Preto Zachary Pruckowski* Joe Quick Pat Palmer Larry Sanger* Ro Thorpe Thanks to all of these good people for agreeing to serve in this way. This group of people, from what I have observed, has unusually good judgment, and most have substantial experience on the wiki itself. Just bear in mind that if you weren't invited to join the committee, that doesn't necessarily mean I think you aren't extremely important to the project. I did not invite many of the most active, important members of the project, because their input in the Editorial Council or the Constabulary is absolutely crucial. You might notice that none of the above are members either of the Editorial Council or the Constabulary. This is by design: we are trying to keep the different "branches of government" separate. According to the newly-rewritten [[CZ:Executive Committee]] page, "The Executive Committee of the Citizendium works privately, in order to advise the Editor-in-Chief on relatively confidential matters. This is not a Board of Directors; we will be adding such a board hopefully in early 2008, at which time, the Board of Directors will probably take over some issues that the Executive Committee now discusses. "As a rule, the Committee should handle only those matters that need to be private--as, for example, grant proposals, partnership proposals that have not been reviewed, major outlays, as well as the 'strategy' of the use of the Editor-in-Chief's time. As a general rule, any policy discussions that take place by the Executive Committee will be aimed to assist the Editor-in-Chief in making up his own mind. Decisions or votes taken by the Committee have no force except in the matters--primarily business matters--that are in its special purview. "In addition, if they volunteer to do so, Committee members might spearhead initiatives on behalf of the Editor-in-Chief." I hope, after finishing with the license business, to make further changes to personnel and policy. I think the next thing I'll do is move to restaff the Editorial Council according to a new rule that requires Council members to be active Citizens. Then I hope we'll be able to find a new suitable Council Chair to replace me. I'll also be at work on, finally, setting up a dispute resolution apparatus, including a Judicial Board. The result in general will be, I hope, a project that can operate more vigorously independently of me, and which makes good choices. --Larry _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
