Re: [Wikimedia-l] Keeping historical documents related to Wikimedia

2017-01-12 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Fæ, Surely no grant-giving body would even talk to the Foundation if it could not show them a plan for the medium to long term. For some reason, the Foundation is consistently unwilling to share this plan with the Community (its biggest donor in terms both of money and surplus value). I wonder

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Keeping historical documents related to Wikimedia

2017-01-12 Thread
No need, it's on webarchive: http://web.archive.org/web/20170112103412/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/d/dd/Education_and_WGIG.pdf Unlike Wikimedia projects, Webarchive has a long term plan that one would expect of a digital archive, so it's a much safer space for historical

[Wikimedia-l] Guy Kawasaki answering questions on Quora

2017-01-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
Outgoing MWF trustee Guy Kawasaki is answering questions on Quora: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_noticeboard/December_2016_-_Update_regarding_expiring_Board_terms -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Keeping historical documents related to Wikimedia

2017-01-12 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Dear Rogol, When I check out your profile, you are retired. Maybe you do not know any more but the WMF has been pretty consistent in the way that it operates over the years. So in details things change and arguably it could be different for all kinds of reasons. But as the WMF is not actively