[Foundation-l] A question to all board candidates...

Sun May 30 14:25:00 UTC 2004

Anthere-
> I would blush in shame to ask them 10 dollars to have
> the opportunity to help when 10 dollars is the average
> monthly revenue of a person in that country.

I absolutely agree with you, and that is why I have strong reservations  
about any dues system and have made "no special privileges" part of my  
election platform. This especially refers to special privileges over  
Wikimedia content or project organization.

Part of the reason I am candidating for Contributing Member Advocate is to  
prevent us from screwing things up too badly in that department. What I  
could support is an official list of "Wikimedia Sponsors" that is  
prominently linked, analogous to the page history for content  
contributors. Maybe contributing members could also set tasks in a bounty  
system, but only because they'd be the ones footing the bills.

Regards,

Erik