[Foundation-l] new site notice now ready

Thu Dec 28 12:12:31 UTC 2006

2006/12/28, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>:
> On 12/28/06, Gatto Nero <gattonero at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yesterday, some people told me to talk with my Local Chapter: "they
> > knew it", "we've talked about it for months", etc etc. I'm not happy
> > to understand that what has been told me was false.
>
> Huh?

Do I have to explain it again? What is not clear?
WMI Board didn't know anything about this deal before the begin of
december, and it has been told to "not tell anyone", and they didn't
agree to anything.
But this is not what has been told to me yesterday on #wikimedia.

> > What about Local Chapter?
>
> Local chapters pursue their own fundraising strategies. They are
> independent organizations which collaborate with the Wikimedia
> Foundation.

They are independent organizations. This means "They have no voice".
Then: what about this top-down decision strategy?
How communities can express their opinions about Foundation choose?
Directly? (Oh My God, don't answer "Yes")

And if they have no possibility to partecipate collectively to the
decision about wiki-verse, what is this? "Working without being
allowed to talk" is slavery, as far as I know.