Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-05-02 Thread Chad
2009/5/2 Nikola Smolenski smole...@eunet.yu: Дана Saturday 02 May 2009 02:58:05 Anthony написа: On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Nikola Smolenski smole...@eunet.yu wrote: Дана Friday 01 May 2009 19:06:55 Gregory Kohs написа: additional jet fuel and hotel consumption (laundered sheets, poor

[Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-05-01 Thread Gregory Kohs
The purpose of my question was to examine the carbon impact on our global environment by holding this meeting in Berlin, which (by my estimation) is quite a ways off from the point of least cumulative distance that could have been achieved for at least the mandatory attendees. All of that

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-05-01 Thread Michael Bimmler
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com wrote: The purpose of my question was to examine the carbon impact on our global environment by holding this meeting in Berlin, which (by my estimation) is quite a ways off from the point of least cumulative distance that could

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-05-01 Thread Michael Peel
From the Chapters point of view, Berlin is pretty much as central as you can get (restricting locations to those on the surface of the planet!). I don't know the distribution of developers, so can't comment about that. If you look at the board meeting alone, then yes, it would probably

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-05-01 Thread Nikola Smolenski
Дана Friday 01 May 2009 19:06:55 Gregory Kohs написа: additional jet fuel and hotel consumption (laundered sheets, poor recycling standards, etc.) is something to consider if the polar ice melts and floods Laundered sheets at least don't add any polution, because people would have to launder

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-05-01 Thread Anthony
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Nikola Smolenski smole...@eunet.yu wrote: Дана Friday 01 May 2009 19:06:55 Gregory Kohs написа: additional jet fuel and hotel consumption (laundered sheets, poor recycling standards, etc.) is something to consider if the polar ice melts and floods

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Domas Mituzas
Hi! Sorry for late answer - I visited the offline world (it had awesome mountains with snowcaps, sky-blue oceans and tulip fields ;-) So, the community is urged to do this work at the request of the Board, but the Board itself is going to do virtually nothing (other than this

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/30 Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.com: In this case, as I mentioned above, nearly (over?) 100 community members were met overall - so if we'd include that, the mean travel distance would be way way lower - and the value of the meeting was extremely high. I believe there were about 50

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Domas Mituzas
Thomas, I believe there were about 50 chapters people about about 100 devs. I'm not sure why the mean travel distance would be lower if you include everyone - there were people from all around the world there, many having travelled further than the average board member. Actually, I'd be

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/30 Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.com: Thomas, I believe there were about 50 chapters people about about 100 devs. I'm not sure why the mean travel distance would be lower if you include everyone - there were people from all around the world there, many having travelled further than

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Anthony
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote: Actually, I'd be happy if you were right (and you probably are!) - it shows, that lots of people had the motivation to come to this excursion. But yet you can't classify it as leisure?

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Michael Bimmler
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Alex mrzmanw...@gmail.com wrote: Anthony wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote: Actually, I'd be happy if you were right (and you probably are!) - it shows, that lots of people had the motivation to come to this

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Alex
Anthony wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote: Actually, I'd be happy if you were right (and you probably are!) - it shows, that lots of people had the motivation to come to this excursion. But yet you can't classify it as leisure? It may not

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Alex
Michael Bimmler wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Alex mrzmanw...@gmail.com wrote: Anthony wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote: Actually, I'd be happy if you were right (and you probably are!) - it shows, that lots of people had the

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-30 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/30 Alex mrzmanw...@gmail.com: Anthony wrote: On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Domas Mituzas midom.li...@gmail.comwrote: Actually, I'd be happy if you were right (and you probably are!) - it shows, that lots of people had the motivation to come to this excursion. But yet you can't

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-22 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/22 Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com: Says Michael Snow: The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees urges the global Wikimedia community to uphold and strengthen our commitment to high-quality, accurate information ++ So, the community is urged to do this work at the request of

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-22 Thread Gregory Kohs
Am I on moderation? On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com wrote: Says Michael Snow: The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees urges the global Wikimedia community to uphold and strengthen our commitment to high-quality, accurate information ++ So, the

Re: [Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-22 Thread David Gerard
2009/4/22 Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com: Am I on moderation? Not that I can see. Your previous email came through OK. However, note that even if you tell it to, Gmail will *not* show you a copy of messages you sent to a list. This is, apparently, for your comfort and convenience. If you're

[Foundation-l] Board statement regarding biographies of living people

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Snow
As I mentioned in my previous message, the Board of Trustees prepared a statement at its meeting related to biographies of living people. It touches on the major considerations in this issue, but also how this relates to our fundamental objectives. The statement was unanimously approved by the