ClassicPress Governance Discussion May 2019

[BlueSkyPhoenix]

We definitely appreciate your feedback and perspective. Our organizational structure was formalized in January and is outlined here: ClassicPress Organizational Structure

@TerenceMilbourn

Much better if CP actually sat down and discussed among its members, what would actually make us relevant to our strapline (something about “being for business”?), and what kind of tools do we need to achieve that, rather than trying to make CP what a bunch of developers say WordPress is not.

There actually has been quite a bit of discussion around this already over the last several months, and the conversation has not been exclusively among developers, but the entire community. Our Democracy and Petitions Process is designed specifically to address your concerns.

@TerenceMilbourn

What does the mainstream user want in order to build his/her site?

Anyone is free to submit a petition; it’s not restricted to “technical users”.

With regard to this:

@TerenceMilbourn

You need to get that information over at the WordPress repository by creating a ClassicPress alternative page-builder plugin, and then when/if it ever reaches critical mass, you’ll know you got it right.

I realize that this thread was originally part of your original page builder discussion but I’m confused about this point, because ClassicPress is not a page builder, so why would we go off and build one?

As a side note, I highly doubt that any such thing would ever be accepted into the WordPress repository, but that’s my own opinion.

I respect your opinion that Democracy is a bankrupt idea, but respectfully disagree. A benign/benevolent dictatorship is how WordPress chooses to govern itself, and is exactly what we are trying to avoid.