CZ:Nomination page/Management Council/Russell D. Jones

I was recruited in 2007 to join CZ by Larry Sanger when he was visiting my university campus. I had been about as active on WP as I am here and so understood well the problems that Larry was addressing by CZ policies.

I was most impressed by and am most encouraged by Larry vision for an online republic of letters. As a member of the Charter Committee, this was the vision that I sought to bring about.

I believe that the charter, as constructed, gives us a framework to establish a fair and just, as well as civil, online self-governing community of knowledge.

As a member of the Management Council, I think our main jobs should be to establish the financial stability of CZ through fund-raising and partnerships; and to guarantee the independence of CZ through the creation of a corporate non-profit.

I have published and given presentations on using open knowledge resources in higher education.

I have been an active editor in the History Workgroup and have had a hand in every history article approval for about eighteen months now.

I served on the Charter Drafting Committee and understand the rationale and reasoning behind the choices made for its structure. I also understand our expectations for how the charter government should work.