+1
Florence
(the WMF board elections Analysis Committee selection process...
really... ugh)
Le 19/05/2022 à 13:50, Peter Southwood a écrit :
>
> +1
>
> P
>
> *From:*Samuel Klein [mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 18 May 2022 22:44
> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Simplifying governance processes
>
> Dear Board (and all),
>
> The growing complexity of governance efforts is defeating us. Process
> creep
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_instruction_creep> is
> an existential threat for projects like ours – it is self-perpetuating
> if not actively curtailed, as it filters out people who dislike excess
> process. There's a reason 'bureaucrats' and 'stewards' have
> unglamorous titles.
>
> Global governance in particular seems to be suffering from this now.
> Let's try to scale it back! Recent developments, all at least
> somewhat confusing:
>
> *Global Council*: A three-stage vote for the drafting committee.
> After 6 months of work in private, we know the charter will cover
> governance, resourcing, & community
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content>. A
> ratifiable charter by 2023 should include Council scope, then
> *another* group may draft an election process. Council elections would
> start mid-2024.
>
> *Conduct*: Two years from first draft to realization. Custom review &
> revision process for policy, set to change ~once a year. Enforcement
> by *another* group (U4C), not yet defined, with an idea about annual
> elections for it [starting in 2023?].
>
> *WMF Board*: A /four/-stage election, with a new complex nomination
> template. Nominees evaluated by *another* elected 9-person Analysis
> Committee, followed by a two-stage vote.
> Months of process, 16 staff facilitators.
>
> Something has to give. We don't have time for all of these to be
> different, complex affairs.
> And this complexity feels self-imposed, like trying to push spaghetti
> through a straw.
>
> ~ ~ ~
>
> Four short proposals for your consideration:
>
> 1. Focus discussions on the decisions we need to resolve, not on process.
> We need a foundation Board & global Council for specific practical
> reasons. What challenges do they need to resolve this year? What
> major issues + nuances are at play?
>
> 2. Make elections simple, flexible, consistent.
> Build tools and frameworks that /conserve/ rather than soak up
> community time. Make longer processes capture proportionately
> detailed results. Empower a standing election committee.
>
> 3. Highlight ways people can engage with governance + prioritization,
> regionally + globally, beyond winning elections to procedural bodies.
> /Support/ organizers + facilitators rather than /hiring/ them out of
> their communities to facilitate on behalf of a central org.
>
> 4. Delegate more. Delegate to community. Delegate /design/ and
> /implementation/.
>
> Our communities excel at self-organization, and rebel against
> arbitrary mandates. Avoid language or policies that remove agency or
> exaggerate staff-community division.
>
> ?????, SJ
>
> --
>
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>
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Florence
(the WMF board elections Analysis Committee selection process...
really... ugh)
Le 19/05/2022 à 13:50, Peter Southwood a écrit :
>
> +1
>
> P
>
> *From:*Samuel Klein [mailto:meta.sj@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 18 May 2022 22:44
> *To:* Wikimedia Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Wikimedia-l] Simplifying governance processes
>
> Dear Board (and all),
>
> The growing complexity of governance efforts is defeating us. Process
> creep
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_instruction_creep> is
> an existential threat for projects like ours – it is self-perpetuating
> if not actively curtailed, as it filters out people who dislike excess
> process. There's a reason 'bureaucrats' and 'stewards' have
> unglamorous titles.
>
> Global governance in particular seems to be suffering from this now.
> Let's try to scale it back! Recent developments, all at least
> somewhat confusing:
>
> *Global Council*: A three-stage vote for the drafting committee.
> After 6 months of work in private, we know the charter will cover
> governance, resourcing, & community
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content>. A
> ratifiable charter by 2023 should include Council scope, then
> *another* group may draft an election process. Council elections would
> start mid-2024.
>
> *Conduct*: Two years from first draft to realization. Custom review &
> revision process for policy, set to change ~once a year. Enforcement
> by *another* group (U4C), not yet defined, with an idea about annual
> elections for it [starting in 2023?].
>
> *WMF Board*: A /four/-stage election, with a new complex nomination
> template. Nominees evaluated by *another* elected 9-person Analysis
> Committee, followed by a two-stage vote.
> Months of process, 16 staff facilitators.
>
> Something has to give. We don't have time for all of these to be
> different, complex affairs.
> And this complexity feels self-imposed, like trying to push spaghetti
> through a straw.
>
> ~ ~ ~
>
> Four short proposals for your consideration:
>
> 1. Focus discussions on the decisions we need to resolve, not on process.
> We need a foundation Board & global Council for specific practical
> reasons. What challenges do they need to resolve this year? What
> major issues + nuances are at play?
>
> 2. Make elections simple, flexible, consistent.
> Build tools and frameworks that /conserve/ rather than soak up
> community time. Make longer processes capture proportionately
> detailed results. Empower a standing election committee.
>
> 3. Highlight ways people can engage with governance + prioritization,
> regionally + globally, beyond winning elections to procedural bodies.
> /Support/ organizers + facilitators rather than /hiring/ them out of
> their communities to facilitate on behalf of a central org.
>
> 4. Delegate more. Delegate to community. Delegate /design/ and
> /implementation/.
>
> Our communities excel at self-organization, and rebel against
> arbitrary mandates. Avoid language or policies that remove agency or
> exaggerate staff-community division.
>
> ?????, SJ
>
> --
>
> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
>
> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient>
>
>
>
> Virus-free. www.avg.com
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>
>
>
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