I am happy to read Pine's emails. A mailing list is useful to bring
attention to specific issues as one can only watch a certain percentage of
wikipedia / meta / etc.

J

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Sam Klein <sjkl...@hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:

> [[m:Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Board_structure
> <
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Governance_Committee/Board_structure&action=edit&redlink=1
> >
> ]]
>
> Wiki pages are certainly better for long-term organization of discussions.
> They are harder for a few voices to dominate; they can be refactored and
> summarized, and skimmed to find discussions among new voices.  Our
> translation tools work directly on meta.
>
> A simple mail-to-wiki script could be nice, adding a link from wiki pages
> to public email/forum threads.  But one doesn't exist now.
>
> Pine, you are one of the most active posters to this list, by count and
> volume; clearly you like mail.  Not everyone does; some are put off by the
> power law distribution of posters here.  Nat's suggestion is reasonable;
> why not try it and see how it works. Some discussions about board
> composition will inevitably occur here; if you see ones that you think are
> relevant, you can help ensure they are summarized on that page.
>
> Sam
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Hey Pine,
> >
> > On 27 July 2016 at 08:25, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that I agree with you. The Board and Lila ignored some
> > > inquiries that I made on Meta. Discussions on this mailing list seem to
> > > attract at least as much good-faith participation as discussions on
> > Meta. I
> > > would suggest that inquiries could be made in either venue, and the
> Board
> > > can simply acknowledge and collect them for action during the
> governance
> > > review.
> >
> >
> > If I'm understanding, you're saying that you've previously left questions
> > on Meta which ended up going unanswered, and therefore you'd prefer to
> ask
> > questions on this mailing list to increase your chances of a response.
> >
> > Increasing the number of open channels of communication also increases
> the
> > burden of monitoring those channels to ensure that nothing goes missing.
> > Therefore, trying to engage in two places will likely increase the chance
> > of something going missing, rather than decreasing. This is likely why
> > Nataliia has asked that feedback be given in a single location, so that
> she
> > can be sure that she can see any feedback or questions that are given. I
> > would encourage you to try engaging on Meta, as Nataliia suggests, rather
> > than here, to reduce the chances that something goes missing or ignored.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dan
> >
> > --
> > Dan Garry
> > Lead Product Manager, Discovery
> > Wikimedia Foundation
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