Forum:Organizational structure: Difference between revisions

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=== Project Leaders ===

The Project Leaders are [[User:Dusti|Dusti]] and [[User:Kudu|Kudu]]. The Leaders coordinate day-to-day tasks such as wiki recruitment, public relations, marketing, etc. They also identify problems where they exist and submit proposals to the Council (see below) for consideration. They can also directly appoint people some relatively minor positions where deep trust isn't required (e.g. IRC channel operators). They or one of their delegates also oversee technical matters such as site developments and system administration.

 

=== Community Council ===

The members of the Community Council are [[User:addshore|addshore]], [[User:Dusti|Dusti]], [[User:Joe G|Joe G]], [[User:John|John]] and [[User:Kudu|Kudu]]. ''The Council should be representative of the community, and more members may be appointed as the community grows based on the community's advice.'' They must approve the budget, review the Project Leaders' work, handle complaints, settle major disputes between members, etc. The members of the Community Council are appointed by the Project Leaders. Decisions of the Community Council may be overriden by the Project Leaders in some circumstances, e.g. if the Leaders think the Council has made a great mistake that will not be good for the project, or in order to adopt a consensus-based decision instead of a 3-2 decision.

 

=== Stewards ===

All members of the Community Council are stewards. Other users may also be appointed by the Council based on advice from the community and the Leaders. Stewards are responsible for creating wikis, assigning user rights, and dealing with functions that require access to non-public information, such as CheckUser and oversight. They must also signal important issues or disputes to the Community Council for their consideration.

 

=== Ombudsman ===

The Ombudsman is appointed by the Leaders and the Council on the community's advice. They are subscribed to all private mailing lists, such as the ones for Council members and stewards. They oversee the Council, the Leaders and the stewards' work, making sure that users' privacy is respected, that users are treated fairly, that no information is kept private when it should be public (transparency), etc.

 

::Hi AugurNZ and Eikes, thanks very much for the feedback. An oligarchy is definitely not what we were going for. You're correct in that Dusti and I co-founded the site, and that John and addshore quickly hopped on board to help out and were also essential to the farm's creation. However, our goal is for the Community Council to be both "a council of community members" and "a council to oversee the community", and definitely not a Founders' Council. Everyone, in our view, is a "regular" member and can fill any position. I think the original proposal reflected that, and I now amended the draft proposal to reflect that as well (in italics). Please let me know about whether you think the amendments are clear enough to explain what we were going for. [[User:Kudu|Kudu]] ([[User talk:Kudu|talk]]) 20:42, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

:::I like the reword, and have changed my vote accordingly to {{support}}. Thanks. <span title="Meta-Wiki profile" class="plainlinks">[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AugurNZ <font color="#000" face="Times">'''''Augur'''''</font><font color="#33f" family="Arial">'''''NZ'''''</font>]</span> <span title="Meta-Wiki talk" class="plainlinks">[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AugurNZ <font color="#000" size="4">&#x2710;</font>]</span>[[Special:Contributions/AugurNZ|<font size="4" color="#000">&#x2315;</font>]] 20:50, 26 October 2013 (UTC)