Presumably a large majority of people didn't bother to respond to the survey.
If you want to continue running surveys pushing your personal agenda until everyone except your fan-club ignores you and you get the results you want, I can't stop you, I can merely castigate you and recommend that the Foundation ignore you. On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 12:48 PM James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > The "agenda" is shared by a majority of the survey respondents so far. > Why are these questions so offensive to the vocal minority who have > demanded that they not be discussed? Many nonprofit organizations > depending on volunteer labor advocates for social changes in support > of those volunteers, including by lobbying. > > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:05 AM Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I regret to say that I feel James has abused this forum once again for > his > > own personal agenda, much of which is unrelated even indirectly to the > WMF > > or the Wikimedia movement. Further, I feel that he has done so in a way > > that is deceptive to members of this mailing list, and that his actions > are > > an abuse of the trust of the members of this mailing list. > > > > Generally speaking, I'm pretty tolerant of people bringing different > > perspectives and ideas to this mailing list; however, I believe this is a > > step too far for someone who has been asked in the past on multiple > > occasions to stay on topic. I am not sure that James needs to remain a > > contributor to this list. > > > > Risker/Anne > > > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 11:56, James Salsman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:23 AM Kevin Payravi <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I've heard confusion from a couple folks and want to make sure it's > clear > > > > here that this survey is coming from you as an individual, Jim, and > has > > > no > > > > origination or coordination with the Foundation - correct? > > > > > > Yes, the survey is just from me, not the Foundation. I'm trying to > > > encourage the Executive Director to bring back the "Letter to Donors" > > > which was discontinued for reasons unknown, but not the explanation > > > given to me at the time, that it was forbidden by law: > > > > > > https://twitter.com/jsalsman/status/998272655995240449 > > > https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/998302792946102273 > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 3:44 AM Dan Garry (Deskana) <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >... (free healthcare, universal basic income, etc.) have very little > to > > > > do with the Foundation's mission. > > > > > > That is precisely the matter of opinion which the survey measures. The > > > idea that the abundance of contributors would not increase under the > > > proposals is clearly not shared by most, and whether that means > > > contributors would therefore be "empowered" by them is subjective. > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 8:21 PM James Salsman <[email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Happy 18th birthday to Wikipedia! > > > > > > > > > > What does it mean for the Wikimedia Foundation to empower > > > > > contributors? Please share your opinion of what the Wikimedia > > > > > Foundation's mission statement means when it describes empowering > > > > > people to collect and develop educational content: > > > > > > > > > > http://bit.ly/wikimission > > > > > > > > > > The survey results are summarized after form submission. > > > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > Jim Salsman > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- Alex Power :: [email protected] :: [email protected] :: (408) 636-8275 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
