[Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

Sat May 20 21:15:56 UTC 2006

On 5/20/06, Anthere <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Cormac Lawler wrote:
> > On 5/19/06, Walter van Kalken <walter at vankalken.net> wrote:
> >
> >>You are starting to speak like a repetative record. A bit more respect
> >>in your tone could well get us somewhere. A person interested in
> >>wikipedia. I have spend more fucking hours in the past 2,5 years for
> >>wikimedia FOR FREE then you will ever do on your salary! Without people
> >>like me contributing to these projects there wouldn't be any money to
> >>pay for your cushy job earning topdollars over my back. So a bit more
> >>respect and a more normal tone should be warranted. Also you are not on
> >>the board as far as I know.
> >>
> >>Waerth/Walter
> >
> >
> >
> > Walter,
> >
> > you're misinterpreting what Brad said - he simply pointed out that
> > you're not (legally) authorised to speak for the foundation - which is
> > true. The fact that you're interested in pursuing a collaboration is
> > great - he even said this (read it again - it's below).
> >
> > I'll also repeat what Michael pointed out in that Brad has done *huge*
> > amounts of work for the foundation, behind the scenes, *for free*.
> > Really, huge. He really believes in our ideals - and he knows how the
> > community works. But the fact that not many people know him possibly
> > isn't such a surprise :-)
> >
> > If this collaboration goes well, you're welcome to pass it on to the
> > Special projects committee
> > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special_projects_committee> - we're
> > here to help out in any way.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Cormac (Cormaggio)
>
> hmmm, tiny correction Cormac (I know it is just an issue of phrasing it
> more clearly). If the collaboration goes well, Waerth should not *pass*
> it on the committee. He should goes on working on this collaboration and
> consider the committee as his contact (rather than the board's). The
> committee is not meant to take over what editors are trying to organise.
> It is meant to "second/replace" the board in helping the collaboration
> to become official. Cormac knows this very well, but I think the words
> used may be confusing :-)
>
> ant

Yes, very well said Anthere. That is indeed what I meant - even though
that is not what I said :-)

Cormac