A new system that provides a single, central place where you can start and manage proposals for improvements to CZ, is here:
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Proposals The system lets people develop proposals (and also raise issues for decision), and then channels the results to one of various (assigned) decisionmaking groups, such as the Editorial Council. It's a "front end" for community policymaking. The system is now under discussion by the Executive Committee (in lieu of any more specifically-tasked group), but I also want to gauge general community support for the system. So I'd like your feedback, before we declare that it is "definitely open for business" and we can start linking to the page from the Main Page & sidebar (if we want to). Also, if we "officially adopt" this system, as several people have pointed out, we might want to shut down several forums boards. But I don't want to "officially adopt" this system and make these changes before giving people a chance to respond (and, if necessary, object). The way the system works is explained at the above URL. If you want to see some examples of new proposals, they're here: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Proposals/New And here: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Proposals/Recently_moved Finally, the full details of the innards of the system, which you need to read ONLY IF you want to become a proposal "driver" (champion), are here: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/CZ:Proposals/Policy I'll be looking for a sober, fair-minded thinker to serve as Proposals Manager, to actively, daily administer the system. This should be interesting work (I've been doing it and that's what I think, anyway). Please let me know if you want to be considered for the position; the Executive Committee will consider candidates, and the selected person would join the Executive Committee, if he or she is not already on the committee. Please comment here: http://forum.citizendium.org/index.php/topic,1569.0.html --Larry _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
