Jimbo wrote:
3. There are no current plans for salaries for anyone.
In the
future, I do intend that as we grow, we will become a large
organization patterned after the National Geographic Society, the
International Red Cross, and so on. This will eventually necessitate
employees, etc. But for now, any suggestion that I am personally
trying to get money from Wikipedia is beyond ludicrous.
Even if Jimbo *were* currently drawing a salary from the Wikimedia
Foundation, it wouldn't exactly be a scandal. Frankly, I think the
Wikimedia Foundation *should* have paid staff, and as soon as
possible. A project as substantial as the Wikipedia can't run on
volunteer sacrifices forever.
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| Sheldon Rampton
| Editor, PR Watch (
www.prwatch.org)
| Author of books including:
| Friends In Deed: The Story of US-Nicaragua Sister Cities
| Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
| Mad Cow USA
| Trust Us, We're Experts
| Weapons of Mass Deception
| Banana Republicans (Tarcher/Penguin, May 2004)
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