Thanks for that. The toolserver is vital. if DE isn't going to support it properly, then we should. Doug
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Thehelpfulone <[email protected]> wrote: > Something for Wikimedia UK to consider as it plans to give £10,000 to WMDE > for the Toolserver's operations as per 2013 Annual Plan: > http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2013_Activity_Plan#Toolserver > > Thehelpfulone > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Thehelpfulone > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "DaB." <[email protected]> > Date: 24 September 2012 23:51:50 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Toolserver-l] Future of the toolserver > Reply-To: Wikimedia Toolserver <[email protected]> > > Hello all, > > in these days WMDE (the chapter that finance the toolserver) is discussing > the > budget for the next year (2013); you can find it at [1]. At the moment there > is > no money for new toolserver-hardware in this budget and the CEO Pavel > Richter > is unwilling to change this ([2] in german) – because he fears that there > will > be a Wikilabs in 2014. It is not possible for me to run the toolserver for > another year with the current hardware – you all know why. For this reason I > will request a change of the budget at the general meeting at November, so > there will be a vote about. If this vote should fail (and we get no money > for > new hardware), I am going to retire from my job as root at 30. December > 2012. > I'm not longer able to tolerant the behavior of the german chapter and the > WMF > in matter of the toolserver; I do this for free and for fun, and it is not > longer fun. > > Sincerely, > DaB. > > P.S: If you are in a board of a chapter that gives money to WMDE for the > toolserver: Make sure that it will be spend for hardware. > > [1] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland/2013_annual_plan_draft/en > [2] > meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Deutschland/2013_annual_plan_draft/de#Toolserver > > -- > Userpage: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] — PGP: 2B255885 > > _______________________________________________ > Toolserver-l mailing list ([email protected]) > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l > Posting guidelines for this list: > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Doug Weller http://www.ramtops.co.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
