Very good suggestion, so I support as well. 2017-11-08 10:06 GMT+01:00 Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]>:
> Hoi, > I am happy with this as well. > Thanks. > GerardM > > On 8 November 2017 at 10:02, Maor Malul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Agreed! >> >> On 5/11/2017 9:24 p.m., Milos Rancic wrote: >> >> 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_-7903856434045597085_m_-8216599025826312466_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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Langcom mailing >> [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >> >> >> -- >> *"Jülüjain wane mmakat ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua >> junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. 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