Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Stuart West
My personal view on this John is that abstaining is appropriate in a couple cases: - you truly don't have an opinion and trust those who do have opinions to make the decision. in that case it's really a decision to support the majority view of the others who are voting. - you don't

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 31 March 2012 06:45, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: There is no requirement to know everything.  There is a requirement to make decisions in the best interests of the organisation, *as you see it*.  If a trustee persistently abstains on the big decisions because they cant see *it*

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread John Vandenberg
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 March 2012 06:45, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: There is no requirement to know everything.  There is a requirement to make decisions in the best interests of the organisation, *as you see it*.  If a

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
John Vandenberg, 31/03/2012 06:56: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Daltonthomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 March 2012 02:03, John Vandenbergjay...@gmail.com wrote: I expect that the minutes will explain the varied positions of the board. If not, then the board should put in

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Chris Keating
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:56 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 March 2012 02:03, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: I expect that the minutes will explain the varied positions of the board.

Re: [Foundation-l] Board Resolutions from March 30th 2012

2012-03-31 Thread Jimmy Wales
On 3/31/12 8:07 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 31 March 2012 06:45, John Vandenbergjay...@gmail.com wrote: There is no requirement to know everything. There is a requirement to make decisions in the best interests of the organisation, *as you see it*. If a trustee persistently abstains on the

[Foundation-l] Why our privacy policy is a big public win

2012-03-31 Thread David Gerard
This is about what happens when someone does the *bloody simple and obvious* with all the data that Facebook, FourSquare, etc. live of getting people to give out:

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Craig Franklin, 31/03/2012 23:20: For the record, those who did not vote in favour of the resolutions, this morning explained their reasons for doing so. I'm sure someone more eloquent than I can summarise those reasons, but I think that they were valid. John Vandenberg is correct that if

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread Thomas Dalton
On 31 March 2012 22:33, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: P.s.: It's a bit weird to focus so much on the reasons to oppose; why should opposing be justified /more/ than supporting? There's supposed to be a QA coming that will explain the supports.

[Foundation-l] WikiData and Football, WikiData and OpenGovernmentData, 2.9 Mio Eur from European tax payers

2012-03-31 Thread andreas meier
Hi, Through reports in the German Television I was made aware of the WikiData project. This sounds really interesting. I could also find the press announcement online. There was a reference to the European Union Project, which seemed to be instrumental to kick this off: http://render-project.eu,

Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 96, Issue 95

2012-03-31 Thread phoebe ayers
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 March 2012 22:33, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: P.s.: It's a bit weird to focus so much on the reasons to oppose; why should opposing be justified /more/ than supporting? There's supposed to