its okay then. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Alex Wafula <[email protected]> wrote:
> Our resolutions/discussions will definitely be public. One of the > questions Ann had for the list was the best place to post the minutes. And > from the looks of it, wikimedia.or.ke is what guys are going for. Grace, > Meta is also public so in terms of privacy, there's no difference between > that and our website. > > I'll linkup with Ann who'll publish the minutes on our site. > > The Google docs page Ann's talking about is more of a draft of what we'll > publish, more or so the same with what was documented on the meeting's > etherpad. > > Alex > > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Branton Obwari <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi members, >> am also in support of the board posting minutes on the WMKE site ,the >> issue of restricting access of whatever was discussed & voted is >> kinda, for lack of a better word, retrogressive .The so called passive >> members ought to be encouraged to participate in future projects not >> locked out of the on goings ,To the board >>> i think you stand to >> gain my confidence as a "voting member" more if you embrace >> transparency & accountability , >> >> my thoughts! >> >> Branton >> >> On 4/19/12, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks Manuel for your suggestions! >> > Dear board members, >> > I strongly support the idea to post the minutes to our WMKE website. If >> you >> > need a private space for board members only, by all means have that set >> up >> > on WMKE as well. As Manuel wrote, you don't want to give other orgs >> access >> > to WMKE insider information (esp. not as we have our own website >> anyway!). >> > Fwiw, na kazi njema! >> > Oliver (aka BT) >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Manuel Schneider [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Sent: 19 April 2012 09:26 >> >> To: The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya chapter. >> >> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Board minutes >> >> >> >> Hi Ann, dear board, >> >> >> >> I wonder why you don't publish that information on the Wikimedia Kenya >> >> wiki? >> >> That's your website, it's a wiki (hence easy to update / publish) and >> >> it's the central place where everybody looks at. >> >> >> >> If you need a private place - both WMAT and WMCH have and need that - >> >> you can have a seperate board wiki there which we can interconnect with >> >> the public wiki. That way you only need one useraccount for both and >> >> only sign in once, you can also use the uploads from the public wiki in >> >> the private wiki as well. The access is seperated by usergroups which >> >> you can manage on your own. >> >> >> >> I definitely discourage to post official information on Google Docs for >> >> various reasons. >> >> It is a great tool to work short term on a specific content but once it >> >> is ready it should be copied to an official place. >> >> >> >> * not everyone has a Google account and forcing people to get one is >> >> contrary to transparency >> >> * it is very hard to find the content. you need to post links somewhere >> >> at a central site anyway, so you can directly post the content there >> and >> >> avoid the other problems. >> >> * Google Docs is free, however you never know for how long nor do you >> >> have a guarantee the contents you posted there will be there tomorrow. >> >> * I would not want to provide Google (or any other business) private >> >> information about my organisation, just as a principle. >> >> >> >> Just build a structure for your content on your wiki - at WMAT for >> >> instance we have made an "Archive" page which is used as a list >> (divided >> >> by years) of subpage links where we have all information for our >> members >> >> - reports, board resolutions, contracts: >> >> * http://mitglieder.wikimedia.at/Archiv >> >> >> >> Of course there are many other good ways to deal with that, I just >> >> wanted to give you an idea. >> >> >> >> If you need a board wiki please contact me. >> >> >> >> >> >> /Manuel >> >> >> >> Am 18.04.2012 22:06, schrieb Ann Njeri: >> >> > The board was of the opinion that we should be posting the board >> minutes >> >> > as well as other important discussions on a google doc which will be >> >> > created so as to protect those who have access to the information. >> This >> >> > is also because there are many who have subscribed to the mailing >> list >> >> > that are passive members. Alternatively, I can use the Meta to post >> the >> >> > board minutes as Abbas had suggested. Please comment on this so that >> we >> >> > can know the way forward. >> >> -- >> >> Regards >> >> Manuel Schneider >> >> >> >> Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens >> >> Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge >> >> www.wikimedia.ch >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > WikimediaKE mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikimediaKE mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake >> > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > >
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