[Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

Sat May 20 16:15:04 UTC 2006

Cormac Lawler wrote:
> On 5/19/06, Walter van Kalken <walter at vankalken.net> wrote:
> 
>>You are starting to speak like a repetative record. A bit more respect
>>in your tone could well get us somewhere. A person interested in
>>wikipedia. I have spend more fucking hours in the past 2,5 years for
>>wikimedia FOR FREE then you will ever do on your salary! Without people
>>like me contributing to these projects there wouldn't be any money to
>>pay for your cushy job earning topdollars over my back. So a bit more
>>respect and a more normal tone should be warranted. Also you are not on
>>the board as far as I know.
>>
>>Waerth/Walter
> 
> 
> 
> Walter,
> 
> you're misinterpreting what Brad said - he simply pointed out that
> you're not (legally) authorised to speak for the foundation - which is
> true. The fact that you're interested in pursuing a collaboration is
> great - he even said this (read it again - it's below).
> 
> I'll also repeat what Michael pointed out in that Brad has done *huge*
> amounts of work for the foundation, behind the scenes, *for free*.
> Really, huge. He really believes in our ideals - and he knows how the
> community works. But the fact that not many people know him possibly
> isn't such a surprise :-)
> 
> If this collaboration goes well, you're welcome to pass it on to the
> Special projects committee
> <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special_projects_committee> - we're
> here to help out in any way.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Cormac (Cormaggio)

hmmm, tiny correction Cormac (I know it is just an issue of phrasing it 
more clearly). If the collaboration goes well, Waerth should not *pass* 
it on the committee. He should goes on working on this collaboration and 
consider the committee as his contact (rather than the board's). The 
committee is not meant to take over what editors are trying to organise. 
It is meant to "second/replace" the board in helping the collaboration 
to become official. Cormac knows this very well, but I think the words 
used may be confusing :-)

ant