Re: [Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

2013-04-13 Thread Nathan
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:57 PM, James Salsman wrote: > > I will gladly show my work if the Foundation agrees to explain their theory > about why May 2013 fundraising results were disappointing, indicative > of contraction, or any other reason to expect a decline in their growth rate. > I have r

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

2013-04-13 Thread James Salsman
Marc Pelletier wrote: > > On 04/13/2013 07:25 PM, James Salsman wrote: >> In short, the CFAA amendments alone would likely cost readers, editors, >> and the Foundation more than 500 times as much as SOPA or PIPA could >> have cost, under what I believe is a very reasonable set of assumptions. > > {

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

2013-04-13 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 04/13/2013 07:25 PM, James Salsman wrote: > In > short, the CFAA amendments alone would likely cost readers, editors, > and the Foundation more than 500 times as much as SOPA or PIPA could > have cost, under what I believe is a very reasonable set of > assumptions. {{cn}} -- Marc __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

2013-04-13 Thread James Salsman
Jan-Bart, I reserve the right to speak with anyone at any time on any subject. Thank you for your reply: > my gut feeling is that you are asking an impossible question (and aware of > this) and I assume that Garfield > has much better things to do, but I guess if Sue wants to sound time on this,

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Lack of community involvement in WMF budget planning

2013-04-13 Thread Tomasz W . Kozłowski
On 9 April 2013 13:45, Andrew Gray wrote: > Doesn't the community consultation *follow* this? They might follow this, though I am afraid that there is very little point in discussing a budget that has already been aproved. This timeline includes all events up to July 1, the day that the 2013/2014

Re: [Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

2013-04-13 Thread Jan-Bart de Vreede
Hey James So while we have actively started looking for a new ED I am happy to report that Sue is still on the job ! Which means you do not have to fill in for the position and tell Garfield what to do :) On a more realistic tone: my gut feeling is that you are asking an impossible question

[Wikimedia-l] CFAAA+CALEA vs. SOPA+PIPA: the amortization

2013-04-13 Thread James Salsman
Hi Garfield, Would you please find out how much the CFAA and CALEA amendements would be expected to cost readers, editors, and the Foundation compared to what SOPA or PIPA would have cost if they had passed, and let the wikimedia-l and advocacy advisors lists know? Best regards, James Salsman __