[Foundation-l] Re: Information flow
daniwo59 at aol.com
daniwo59 at aol.com
Thu Aug 18 15:32:39 UTC 2005
In a message dated 8/18/2005 10:52:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
andrew.lih at gmail.com writes:
As Delphine said, there are things from the spirit of wiki that we can
and should carry over - transparency, volunteerism
(self-identification for tasks), assume good faith. Others, like
phantom authority and rollback (anyone/everyone having veto-power)
don't have a place at the board/officer level. To sooner we realize
not all wiki concepts map over, the better.
Thank you, Andrew and Delphine for pointing this out. It is important that
people realize that beyond being a pleasant website and a friendly community,
this is also a legal entity with financial and other obligations. Jimmy and
the Board bear enormous responsibility. They have to deal with other
organizations, including large corporations such as Google and Yahoo, they have to face
potential legal threats, and they have to broker and approve deals which
provide us with much needed financial support. I am quite impressed by how
transparent they have been, but I also understand when the nature of certain
things in the works requires a certain degree of discretion. I know that they will
continue to keep up the outstanding work that they have done so far.
Danny
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