Not so quick - I am paying fees, for Wikimedia Nederland and Wikimedia Deutschland. Would you say that they are not Wikimedia?`:-) Kind regards Ziko
2011/3/20 marcos <[email protected]>: > I think Wikimedia is not a club , and there's no fee for collaborating in > its development. There is a difference, it seems to me, between a "fee" and > a "donation". I believe that FT 2 has explain it better than I. ;-) > > Marcos (aka Marctaltor) > > --- El dom, 20/3/11, Ziko van Dijk <[email protected]> escribió: > > > De: Ziko van Dijk <[email protected]> > Asunto: Re: [Foundation-l] 2011 Board Elections: Input needed > Para: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Fecha: domingo, 20 de marzo, 2011 14:28 > > > 2011/3/20 marcos <[email protected]>: >> I agree with FT2. Give right to vote to the donors looks like a bad idea, >> for several reasons, especially because it is not good for a charitable >> entity that its donors have the possibility of deciding its future policy ... >> > > Hm, it is actually very common that those who pay a fee have voting > rights, we usually call them "members". :-) > > I understand well that those who already have voting rights are > reluctant to extend them to other people. The ideas of the election > committee deserve more consideration. If donors can vote isn't that > similar to a membership the Foundation had planned in its very > beginning? > > Kind regards > Ziko > > > -- > Ziko van Dijk > The Netherlands > http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk The Netherlands http://zikoblog.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
