[Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

Sat May 20 00:37:19 UTC 2006

Tim Starling wrote:

> Patrick, Brad wrote:
>
>> I'm the lawyer for the Foundation.  I represent Wikimedia Foundation,
>> Inc.  I answer to the Board.
>>
>> You are *not* authorized to speak for the Foundation.
>
> Lawyer or ex-lawyer? I heard a rumour that your term had ended.

Brad is still part of the Wikimedia Foundation's legal team. However, he 
has obligations to paying clients and cannot afford to devote all of his 
time to pro bono work for Wikimedia. That seems to have been garbled 
into the notion that he's gone altogether, which is not the case.

In this situation, he was simply reiterating a position on behalf of his 
client, one that had already been communicated privately to Waerth. I 
trust he will graciously receive Waerth's apology and we need not air 
this matter further. If the prospects for collaboration with this 
organization in Thailand seem promising, hopefully Waerth can get them 
in touch with the Special Projects committee to work out the details.

--Michael Snow