Jyotis, (This is my personal view.)
I concur with the broad idea behind points 3-7 though specifics need to be worked out to suit the legal entity that the chapter is. In fact, some of these have been addressed in the MoA, I think. However, what is the additional role that you envisage for the administrative council given that a general body of members exists? Also, I suggest that a separate page be opened in wikimedia.in wiki to discuss this. - Sundar >Some thoughts around this: > 1. Local Representation:All local wikis should elect a respected member of >their community for a period of a year (or two) and form an administrative >council for the chapter. This could be per language basis or per project >basis, >based on their community size. I would not exclude English, but would limit >the >participation to one member in council. for the rest of projects - It could be >probably like for every project that has more than 50 (this is just a number, >we > >can look at the real world situations) active people (not including bots) - we >can allocate one member per project to the council. other wise, one member per >language projects would be enuf. this is just to ensure that we have enuf >coverage per project and per language depending on the size of people. > 2. Formation of EC: From the administrative council, the EC can be elected >in > >for a term. This election should be by the chapter members / local language >wikimedians. > 3. Limit on Term in EC: It may also be worth enforcing that no project > gets >more than one (or at the most 2) consecutive term in EC (if we have enuf >representations to fill in all slots). This will ensure that all projects gets >it share of EC terms over the years. > 4. Communication: A Monthly or quarterly report of the chapter activities >should be published by the EC and admin council. Individual representatives >are > >and should be responsible for communication between chapter and projects. >Should > >there be a reason to replace the member by the local community, such a >provision > >should be provided. > 5. Removal of member: Inactivity and lose of trust by the general public >should > >be considered as a reason for removal as usual. On the other hand, if the rest >of the administrative council members feels against one member, chapter should >be able to request for replacement citing proper reasons for it. > 6. Funds and Grants: All funds and grants from chapter account probably > can >be > >openly discussed and approved on the foundation wiki or meta wiki (like the >foundation grant process) > 7. Audit and Annual report: End of every financial year, an audit > committee >for > >the financial and functional aspects of the chapter's actions should be formed >from the administrative council and audit results should be made public along >with the annual reports. >We can go on like this, but I would leave it open to further discussions. "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > >From: Jyothis Edathoot <j...@jyothis.net> >To: Wikimedia India list <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >Sent: Sun, February 13, 2011 11:59:49 PM >Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Moderation policy on WikimediaIndia-l > >Achal, > > >Good points. Thank you. > > >To have additional mods, it is fairly a simple process to add them in mailman. >I > >would suggest that atleast as a start, we can ask people here to nominate >themselves for the positions and we can pick two. Would be great if they are >already familiar with the work. Please note that it is not a title, but a >daily >work that comes your way. > > >About the chapter issues, I dont think we need to say more that what Tinu and >many others have already mentioned about. While not counting out the efforts >that were made by the existing EC on building this out, Transparency is the >primary issue that echoes thru. It is probably worth remembering that chapter >is > >just a support system and has no control over the projects or its actions. It >is > >neither an administrative power nor a place for people who just want to have a >title on their business card or get their expenses covered. Chapter will be >answerable to every single paisa spent to the community and community should >stand up and demand for the clarity and visibility on things. If the chapter >cannot do it, trust me, it will not last for ever. Probably the interim EC >should not have re-elected themselves behind closed doors. Instead, they >should >have probably opened the memberships and conducted the election for the first >official EC. > > >However, my vision about the future of EC is slightly different from what we >have now. Unlike many other chapters around the world, Indic chapter have a >unique challenge: Many different language Wikimedia projects, ranging from >highly active to dead, (and more on the way) rolls up under its umbrella. To >deal with this, we can probably take a page out of our democracy itself and >consider building a representative assembly style administration system for >our >future. > > >Some thoughts around this: > 1. Local Representation:All local wikis should elect a respected member of >their community for a period of a year (or two) and form an administrative >council for the chapter. This could be per language basis or per project >basis, >based on their community size. I would not exclude English, but would limit >the >participation to one member in council. for the rest of projects - It could be >probably like for every project that has more than 50 (this is just a number, >we > >can look at the real world situations) active people (not including bots) - we >can allocate one member per project to the council. other wise, one member per >language projects would be enuf. this is just to ensure that we have enuf >coverage per project and per language depending on the size of people. > 2. Formation of EC: From the administrative council, the EC can be elected >in > >for a term. This election should be by the chapter members / local language >wikimedians. > 3. Limit on Term in EC: It may also be worth enforcing that no project > gets >more than one (or at the most 2) consecutive term in EC (if we have enuf >representations to fill in all slots). This will ensure that all projects gets >it share of EC terms over the years. > 4. Communication: A Monthly or quarterly report of the chapter activities >should be published by the EC and admin council. Individual representatives >are > >and should be responsible for communication between chapter and projects. >Should > >there be a reason to replace the member by the local community, such a >provision > >should be provided. > 5. Removal of member: Inactivity and lose of trust by the general public >should > >be considered as a reason for removal as usual. On the other hand, if the rest >of the administrative council members feels against one member, chapter should >be able to request for replacement citing proper reasons for it. > 6. Funds and Grants: All funds and grants from chapter account probably > can >be > >openly discussed and approved on the foundation wiki or meta wiki (like the >foundation grant process) > 7. Audit and Annual report: End of every financial year, an audit > committee >for > >the financial and functional aspects of the chapter's actions should be formed >from the administrative council and audit results should be made public along >with the annual reports. >We can go on like this, but I would leave it open to further discussions. > > >Thanks. > >Regards, >Jyothis. > >http://www.Jyothis.net > >http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis >http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis >I am the first customer of http://www.netdotnet.com > >woods are lovely dark and deep, >but i have promises to keep and >miles to go before i sleep and >lines to go before I press sleep > >completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + >((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings > > > > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
