On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:46 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.w...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 10:30 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thur...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> pheobe, concerning your motion to vote saying: >> "wikimedia foundation grows, the affiliated organisations do not grow" >> "the affiliated organisations are recommended to seek other funding >> (which the foundation did try and did not succeed very well)" >> i am disappointed personally by you. you as a person, you as an american, >> and you as a board member of the foundation. especially about your >> inability to grasp international cultural differences in terms of funding, >> fundraising. >> > > I'm sorry you're disappointed in me. > > > >> because "trust" is mentioned: the FAQ and the minutes are written by a >> lawyer now, who has maximum 300 wikipedia edits as his lifetime >> achievement. <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l> > > > > Just so it's clear -- Stephen *posted* the FAQ and minutes for us -- he > helps out the board by posting documents and taking minutes during the > meeting -- but the decisions, and the FAQ, were written by members of the > board in what I can promise was a highly collaborative process :) > > That said, I find it strange that you would accuse him of anything. Not > that it matters, but in his free time he's been volunteering with Wikipedia > events, coding and editing for years. Regardless, though, he was just doing > his job here -- as requested *by the board*, and specifically by me -- so > please lay off the criticism of him. I have nothing but respect for our > ultra-hard-working LCA team. > > -- phoebe > > Also, I just have to point out, having lots of edits is obviously no guarantee of wisdom anyway -- I have 20K edits under my belt, and you still think I make terrible decisions :) -- phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
