Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters

2011-08-30 Thread Sebastian Moleski
. Best regards, Sebastian Moleski President Wikimedia Deutschland ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser

2011-03-05 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 9:31 PM, church.of.emacs.ml church.of.emacs.ml@ googlemail.com wrote: Sure. I'd love to get opinions from more people (perhaps at Wikimania, too?) The (editing) community should to be comfortable with Wikimedia raising funds, and if it isn't, we need to find ways so

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi all, to give a little insight here: about two years ago the German Wikipedia community reached consensus that, for the page http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BZ (which is basically user statistics and ranking), an opt-in is required. That means only those users may be listed there who

Re: [Foundation-l] Privacy policy, statistics and rankings

2010-08-03 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: That's pretty much exactly what I was going to say. The German Wikipedia is entitled to create whatever policies it likes as long as they don't go against global policy (and being more restrictive isn't against the

Re: [Foundation-l] Announcing my departure from the Wikimedia Foundation

2010-08-02 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi Cary, Thank you for everything you've done for the Foundation, the projects, but also the chapters. I will definitely miss you. Best wishes for your new degree. Sebastian On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Cary Bass c...@wikimedia.org wrote: It is with deep regret that I tell you I will be

Re: [Foundation-l] 2010-11 Annual Plan Now Posted to FoundationWebsite

2010-07-05 Thread Sebastian Moleski
out for the moment, is community giving. Best regards, Sebastian Moleski President Wikimedia Deutschland ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Re: [Foundation-l] 2010-11 Annual Plan Now Posted to FoundationWebsite

2010-07-05 Thread Sebastian Moleski
forecasts and plans published. Isn't the strategy project providing just that? Best regards, Sebastian Moleski President Wikimedia Deutschland ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman

Re: [Foundation-l] Fundraising banners

2010-01-07 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: That's interesting. I had always thought that it was done at this time of year to coincide with Wikipedia Day on Jan.15 but that we just reached our goal early. To that end, Wikipedia Day in 2011 will be our 10th Birthday

Re: [Foundation-l] Recent firing?

2009-10-31 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:22 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote: And the reason for speculation is that people first found out by rumor rather than foundation announcement. Basic communication management. Get stuff out before someone else can put their spin on it. I have to disagree. The

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters as intermediaries between WMF and communities (was Re: Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation)

2009-08-28 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/8/28 Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com: First because it requires the chapter to actually agree to a certain degree with the action of the Wikimedia Foundation. I would prefer it if the WMF didn't do

Re: [Foundation-l] Chapters as intermediaries between WMF and communities (was Re: Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation)

2009-08-28 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/8/28 Sebastian Moleski seb...@gmail.com: I keep reading such statements and I'm having to admit: I have more and more problems following your logic. Let's take this apart: I think any response I can give

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

2009-08-26 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi Thomas, On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Those answers don't address the fact that you've just given a seat on the board to someone that has just given you a big pile of cash. I am open to being convinced that this is a good thing, but you haven't

Re: [Foundation-l] Omidyar Network Commits $2 Million Grant to Wikimedia Foundation

2009-08-26 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi Thomas, On Aug 26, 2009, at 2:48 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: Wikimedia is a community driven movement, big decisions should be made by the community. Those are undoubtedly interesting assertions. Assuming the second one is the case (big decisions should be made by

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ... The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes Germany {{citation needed}} Sebastian

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ...The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes Germany {{citation needed}} What do want a citation for, the WMF

Re: [Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people

2009-03-02 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Geoffrey Plourde geo.p...@yahoo.com wrote: They have no recourse. We are not subject to Polish law. How do you know? And who is we? Sebastian ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-20 Thread Sebastian Moleski
Hi Florence, First, when a meeting occur with say, 25 people, there is room for discussions and work. When a meeting occur with 100 people, much less. Last year was fine. This year will probably be okay in terms of figures. But every year will become more and more difficult. How many people

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-20 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Delphine Ménard notafi...@gmail.com wrote: It is interesting how the power distance thing is playing out here. :) I'm not getting the reference. Can you help? I don't agree that that's necessarily the case. It's entirely within the realm of possibility for a

Re: [Foundation-l] Board resolutions (chapters)

2009-01-20 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Florence Devouard anthe...@yahoo.com wrote: If this were the case, establishing any sort of organization with organizations as members and some sort of decision-making authority would generally be close to impossible. If there is disagreement in certain areas