Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Steering Committee Info at the wiki

On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:11:06 +0300, Andre Schnabel  
<Andre.Schnabel@gmx.net> wrote
> Those pages have a notice that the content should not be changed without
> approval of the SC. I'd ask all of you to respect this, so that the SC
> can work in wiki without the need.

Hi Andre,

First of all: I am full of respect for this great and exciting initiative.  
Congratulations to all of you, Steering Committe and wider community  
members!

As I'm brand new here (merit-score = zero :), I apologize if the following  
is either misunderstood or not relevant:

The way I see it, formally approved documents are static, and once  
approved should not be edited by anybody - Steering Committee members or  
not. Therefore I do not think it is appropriate from a governance  
perspective to have direct and potentially ambiguous 'copies' of formal  
documents as wiki pages. Could it be worth considering that significant  
formal documents like the manifesto would have their own wiki pages with a  
backround/brief description, maybe even extracts, and then a link to the  
'real' document in a non-editable format (pdf or whatever will make it  
most easily accessible)? Another wiki page could then be a Steering  
Committee 'log' page, which gives a quick overview of the continuous work  
of the committee with links to more in-depth wiki pages as well as formal  
documents...

Warm regards

Peter Tholstrup
Yei, Southern Sudan

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