On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Dirk Riehle <dirk@riehle.org> wrote:

On that note, maybe someone (from the board?) can clarify for us the
role that research plays for the WMF. I've kind of lost track of the
meaning of the changes from Erik M through James to Gregory now, I believe?

Sue and Erik (M) drafted a document about Wikimedia's research goals (aligned to wmf's strategic goals), which you'll find at: <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Research_Goals>. But this is still pretty vague - I can't answer your question, and feel it would be better asked on foundation-l.

Cheers,
Cormac