[Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

Fri May 19 21:25:35 UTC 2006

Don't assume anything.  If you are speaking as a person interested in
Wikipedia, great.  I'm sure you have good things to say about Wikipedia
in Thailand.  Good for you.  All I am saying is that you do *not* have
the authority to speak on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 

-----Original Message-----
From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Walter van
Kalken
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:23 PM
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

Patrick, Brad wrote:

>I'm the lawyer for the Foundation.  I represent Wikimedia Foundation, 
>Inc.  I answer to the Board.
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>You are *not* authorized to speak for the Foundation. 
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Wow then who can speak to these people? It is obvious that you are one
of the people who put me on the garbagebelt in the foundation judging on
your tone.

Waerth/Walter

>-----Original Message-----
>From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
>[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Walter van 
>Kalken
>Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:20 PM
>To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand
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>Patrick, Brad wrote:
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>>You are not authorized to speak on behalf of the Foundation.  That 
>>should be clear.
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>Says ?????? Do I know you?
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>Waerth/Walter
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org
>>[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Walter van 
>>Kalken
>>Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 5:11 PM
>>To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
>>Subject: [Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand
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>>This night at 23 hours I was called by a Thai organisation which is 
>>doing in Thailand approximately the same as Kennisnet to talk with 
>>them
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>>tomorrow about some ideas they have for co-operation with the 
>>Foundation.
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>>As I have been totally purged by the foundation of all my 
>>"responsibilities" like presscontact for Asia and steward because I am

>>to critical of the way things go not because I ever abused them!
>>Although those are the rumours that are floating. I want to know if 
>>the
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>>foundation has any "trust" in me to go talk with these people? It 
>>would
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>>be nice to have an answer ASAP.
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>>I am still disappointed in the way people get purged if they are to 
>>critical even if they never abuse the responsabilities they have been 
>>trusted with and the board never answers why one "clerk": Dannyisme 
>>can
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>>take someone's stewardship away under the notion of temporarity and 
>>then never has to respond in public to requests to restore it. Also I 
>>do not understand why I was taken of the list of the presscontacts. I 
>>have always defended wikimedia in radiointerviews and done quite a 
>>good
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>>job with it, no one in the Dutch community can deny that. I stayed up 
>>late for those things I never did say anything wrong and this is how 
>>you are treated like you are a piece of garbage.
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>>Waerth/Walter
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