Just to clarify: As I have stated many time before, Wikimedia Deutschland is committed to run and maintain the Toolserver as long as Wikilabs are not in position to offer the same level of service as the Toolserver. This committment includes the purchase of new hardware, where necessary to keep the servers running. As in the past years, I hope for support by other entities in this project, both financially and with administration of the Toolserver.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Pavel Richter CEO Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Tel.: +49 - 30 - 219 158 260 Twitter: @pavel 2012/9/25 Thehelpfulone <[email protected]> > 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 > >
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