CZ:Proposals/Adopt the proposals system
This proposal has not yet been assigned to any decisionmaking group or decisionmaker(s).
The Proposals Manager will do so soon if and when the proposal or issue is "well formed" (including having a driver).
For now, the proposal record can be found in the new proposals queue.
Complete explanation
Citizendium should adopt the proposals system as current set out on CZ:Proposals and its subpages.
I am going to assume that that is an adequate explanation of the proposal, since it's all worked out on those pages.
Reasoning
My full reasoning for the proposal is worked on here. Quoted from one of my posts there:
For one thing, we have too many different venues where we can make proposals. Here's a list: to me; to my "suggestion box" (which I'll be archiving--if anyone wants to do that for me, and to transfer over the proposals there to CZ:Proposals, that would be great); on these forums; on talk pages; in the Editorial Council; in the Constabulary; in the Executive Committee; sometimes, even on Citizendium-L. That's part of the problem: we need one place where, if someone adds a proposal, the proposal is officially made, and we as a community commit to responding to it (if only to discard it).
The other problem is that, for whatever reason, too many people feel comfortable making bare proposals but do not seem to feel comfortable taking the next step in making them happen. I think that's partly because they don't know how to make them happen, but also because they aren't fully persuaded that they won't be overstepping their boundaries if they take the next step. As a result, only a small number of people have been bold enough to make and drive forward various proposals--especially me. This constitutes a serious bottleneck. The system ought to be more bottom-up and open, but to be bottom-up, it needs to be designed a certain way.
A final problem is lack of understanding about how proposals actually are made, and that rank-and-file Citizens can make them, get behind them, and make them happen.
The system should be designed to solve these problems; that's why I originally suggested it. So what is the function (are the functions) of the system, precisely?
- To serve as a single, central location for proposals that people have a shared understanding will lead to action.
- To manage and drive proposals forward, if necessary without the intervention of the Editor-in-Chief or certain other active Citizens; to make sure that proposals get as far forward as possible as efficiently as possible.
- To explain and clarify to people just how their own proposal can be adopted with a minimum of unnecessary bother and confusion.
Implementation
The system is actually already being implemented. The only thing left to do is to find and train a Proposals Manager. There has been one excellent volunteer, but we're still open to other nominations.
Discussion
Any last comments on this??? --Larry Sanger 20:03, 14 February 2008 (CST)
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