Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-27 Thread Ting Chen
Hello dear all, on the August 2010 board meeting the board had talked about the responsibilities of the board, the staff and the committees (minutes here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010 ). The board had worked through this with the RASCI matrix

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-27 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/27/2011 11:39 AM, Ting Chen wrote: on the August 2010 board meeting the board had talked about the responsibilities of the board, the staff and the committees (minutes here: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Minutes/July_8,_2010 ). The board had worked through this with the RASCI

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-26 Thread Robin Pepermans
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:04:50 +0200 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official On 06/25/2011 12:54 PM, Béria Lima wrote: So we should wait for a resolution no? Until there is only your word. PS

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-26 Thread Samuel Klein
Also, I do not understand why the *language* committee has a role in this in the first place. Is closing projects often about whether or not it actually is a language (the expertise field of langcom)? Most close requests are for projects that would not have been created under the current

[Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
Board has decided to make Closing projects [1] official. The text of the policy is below (as well as at the mentioned page). Language committee members who decided to take care about this would be listed inside of the section Tasks of the members list [2]. During the next weeks present requests

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
Hi, could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this advice to the board is given by one individual, even if the rest of the committee disagrees (there is a two week discussion but in the end it is a

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Lodewijk
2011/6/25 Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com On 06/25/2011 11:20 AM, Lodewijk wrote: could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this advice to the board is given by one individual, even if the rest of

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 12:38 PM, Lodewijk wrote: As you may remember, the report was very long, and even though I speeded through it, I did not notice it since I wouldn't ever expect it there :) The fact you published it before doesnt make arguments less valid though. I think that the argument is valid

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Béria Lima
*Sj and Ting informed us that Board has agreed with the policy after the discussion. * If i understand right that was in Berlin. So the Board had 2 months to put that in a resolution, and didn't. That doesn't sound as a approval to me. _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 12:49 PM, Béria Lima wrote: *Sj and Ting informed us that Board has agreed with the policy after the discussion. If i understand right that was in Berlin. So the Board had 2 months to put that in a resolution, and didn't. That doesn't sound as a approval to me. No, Ting has

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Béria Lima
So we should wait for a resolution no? Until there is only your word. PS: I'm not saying you are lying or anything, but that the final decision about that requires a Resolution. _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 12:54 PM, Béria Lima wrote: So we should wait for a resolution no? Until there is only your word. PS: I'm not saying you are lying or anything, but that the final decision about that requires a Resolution. I don't think that it is needed because Board has the final word anyway,

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Aaron Adrignola
either before you decided to pull the rug out from under us. The situation is ridiculous. From: Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:04:50 +0200 Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now

Re: [Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

2011-06-25 Thread Milos Rancic
On 06/25/2011 04:32 PM, Aaron Adrignola wrote: I also agree that a resolution is needed. Two individuals don't speak for the whole board and I'm not willing to take your word on it. Up until now the community has had the say over which projects were closed through the proposals for closing