[governance] IG: constitution and participation

[Vittorio Bertola]

Mawaki Chango ha scritto:
> as non-issue? There are so many venues a "non insiders" may
> appear and make an otherwise crucial point (at least from their
> worldview) and just be met by a polite smile, without anybody
> addressing, following up or taking up the issue. 

You're right, but that's just true of any social system, more or less. 
Reputation (as opposed to titles of various kind) is the major source of 
credibility over the Internet, and you have to build it with care (and 
it takes time) whenever you show up in a new circle. I don't see how you 
could route around this, especially in relatively informal, discussion- 
and consensus-based environments.

On the other hand, "non insiders" have to realize that when they show up 
for the first time to a new place and think to know it all, possibly 
they should rather spend some time in learning why the things that look 
so wrong to them were done that particular way. I've never been 
sympathetic to the "we did it so we know better" argument that some old 
Internet engineers use to criticize proposals that they don't like, but, 
at the same time, there is value in listening and learning from history.
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