I support Steven as a clerk, as well. (I supoort him as a full LangCom member, but let's finish voting on this issue before we start anything new.)
On Nov 5, 2017 8:04 PM, "Oliver Stegen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear fellow LangCom members, > > > I've thought about Steve's proposal and have come to the conclusion that > we should accept it. More and more volunteer-based committees of non-profit > organisations appoint such clerks. (I've seen it in an international school > context which was run by a volunteer board.) > > The main advantage, imho, is that (quite apart from lightening the load of > administrative burdens) such a clerk can keep us on our toes. Especially > when a lull in interaction comes up (which is bound to happen in the future > just as regularly as it has happened in the past - life is too busy for > most if not all of us). > > > So, I vote for appointing Steve as our clerk. > > > In the hope of speeding up LangCom's tasks, > > Oliver Stegen (User:Baba Tabita) > > On 03-Nov-17 17:29, Steven White wrote: > > Ladies and Gentlemen: > > > I would like to propose that the Language Committee formally appoint me as > clerk. In a similar vein to the way clerks work for bodies like the > English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee, my purpose in this is to keep > things moving on-wiki that do not really require a member of the LangCom to > post on-wiki directly, except as a matter of formal procedure. Thus, for > example, I would see this appointment as authorizing the following actions: > > > - Marking projects as "eligible" when it's obvious—for example, > languages that clearly have a large speaker base, and perhaps already have > an open Wikimedia project. Anything that is remotely controversial—langcode > is for a macrolanguage or constructed language, little or no speaker base, > ancient language, etc.—I would not mark, unless expressly authorized by > LangCom. Even when I mark an obvious project as "eligible", I would post > here that I have done so. > - Marking new project proposals or closing project proposals as > approved or not approved when (and only when) a definitive decision has > been taken according to the rules set out by LangCom. For example, based on > Oliver's posting of 29 October, if there is no further comment on the > matter, I would mark the requests to close Nahuatl Wikipedia and > Transkievica Wikipedia as rejected on 5 November, one week after Oliver's > posting. > > There are two main reasons that I am requesting you to appoint me > formally. At a certain level, the rules already allow me to take such > actions on-wiki if I find compelling enough reason—discussions are > unreasonable, disruptive, personal, etc. However, there is room for people > to object on the technical grounds that only LangCom members may do these > things. > > Further, if there were a strong history of LangCom members in fact > handling these things promptly on-wiki, there would be no need for me to > make this request. But the history, if anything, is otherwise. So I think > this would be a positive step for LangCom to take in order to reduce the > number of open RFL and PCP requests sitting out there in limbo. > > Thank you for your consideration. > > Respectfully, > Steven White (User:StevenJ81) > > Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Virus-free. > www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_1414893152660144195_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >
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