Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-02 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, This is the Foundation-l not the Wikipedia-en list. Applying policies of one project is rather arbitrary. Thanks, GerardM 2009/9/2 John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Anthonywikim...@inbox.org wrote: Once again I have to ask, this time in a different

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-02 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Gerard Meijssengerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Hoi, This is the Foundation-l not the Wikipedia-en list. Applying policies of one project is rather arbitrary. I (correctly) assumed that Anthony needed guidance to the oversight-l list to deal with an En.Wp

[Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Gregory Kohs
Being that it was a topic of rousing discussion here last week, Wikimedians may be interested in a brief summary of the Omidyar/Wikimedia/Wikia connection, as authored by me and published by the non-profit, Internet Review Corporation: http://akahele.org/2009/08/omidyar-venturing-out/ --

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I started reading and find that I should not have bothered... So if you have time to waste, by all means read this. Thanks, GerardM 2009/9/1 Gregory Kohs thekoh...@gmail.com Being that it was a topic of rousing discussion here last week, Wikimedians may be interested in a brief

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Brian
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, I started reading I'm sorry, did you have something to say that *wasn't* a waste of time? I did read it, and unlike your e-mail it provides a useful perspective in a large and complicated issue.

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Chad
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Brianbrian.min...@colorado.edu wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote: Hoi, I started reading I'm sorry, did you have something to say that *wasn't* a waste of time? I did read it, and unlike your e-mail it

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Anthony
Once again I have to ask, this time in a different forum... Is there any procedure to get those vicious personal attacks taken out of the publicly viewable history? ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Sage Ross
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Gregory Kohsthekoh...@gmail.com wrote: Being that it was a topic of rousing discussion here last week, Wikimedians may be interested in a brief summary of the Omidyar/Wikimedia/Wikia connection, as authored by me and published by the non-profit, Internet Review

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.comragesoss%2bwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: [Halprin] didn't deny that, in a social rather than contractual sense, he was considered for a seat on the board because of the grant negotiations; in fact, he basically said that he

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Sage Ross
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Anthonywikim...@inbox.org wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.comragesoss%2bwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: [Halprin] didn't deny that, in a social rather than contractual sense, he was considered for a seat on the board

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Anthony
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Sage Ross ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.comragesoss%2bwikipe...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Anthonywikim...@inbox.org wrote: He said that? Where has Halprin or anyone with knowledge of the appointment said that Halprin was considered because

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Sage Ross
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Anthonywikim...@inbox.org wrote: If Omidyar Networks had not offered a grant, but offered to put Halprin on the board, would the board have accepted it?  I don't see anyone with knowledge of the situation saying no. I had the impression that WMF had been

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Anthonywikim...@inbox.org wrote: Once again I have to ask, this time in a different forum...  Is there any procedure to get those vicious personal attacks taken out of the publicly viewable history? I am gobsmacked that you are asking this here and saying that

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread Nathan
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:14 PM, John Vandenbergjay...@gmail.com wrote: I am gobsmacked that you are asking this here and saying that you haven't received answers when you asked in a different forum (which forum?). Removal of vicious personal attacks depends on the nature of them. If they

Re: [Foundation-l] Akahele: Omidyar venturing out

2009-09-01 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Nathannawr...@gmail.com wrote: How do those apply to a mailing list? Eh? Anthony is talking about removing messages from the mailing list archive? I assumed he meant the Wikipedia diffs that are mentioned in the article at