[Strategic] Doodle Poll "OSM Governance: How Should Decisions Be Made?"

[TimSC]

On 12/06/11 14:31, Kate Chapman wrote:
> I'd be interested in seeing more specifics defined in there.
>
> Are there more formal definitions in a wiki somewhere?
>
> For example I like the idea of electing a leader, but really what does 
> that mean?  Also there could be other options like a community elected 
> board seat.
>
> Just thinking more discussion should perhaps happen before the doodling:).
>
> And maybe it did and I just missed it somewhere.
>
> -Kate
>
Yes, totally valid on your first point. Any poll is going to be limited 
by misunderstandings or lack of options. What I hope to do is to produce 
a better poll which is more tailored to finding specifically what people 
want. For instance, there are many democratic systems and perhaps we 
want a group of community representatives and not a single leader. And I 
haven't properly defined who is "in the community".

More discussion is probably not what we need unless it becomes much more 
focused, IMHO. We can start with rough definitions and try to test the 
water and incrementally try to understand what people want, while being 
pragmatic. (See "Loki's wager") A single poll can't do that, of course.

If there is to be discussion, it might be to identify what are the most 
important questions at this time. I am mainly thinking of OSM governance 
but the same applies outside that too. My intuitive feeling is to try to 
clarify what "anarchy" means. Some people are voting for it saying "I 
don't want the structure of OSM defined" and others say it means "I want 
minimal central control of OSM", which are two different positions. 
Perhaps we should wait a few weeks (or longer) before polling again...?

TimSC