Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
Perhaps this little discussion is misleading.
Some members of the
community, who are not board members, but who are of course highly
respected community members, have been discussion possible new
directions for the foundation which would apparently involve me moving
to New York or DC (which isn't going to happen, by the way), and opening
an office there.
Nobody has suggested that you or any other board member would need to move. Board members
need not
be in any Wikimedia office every day.
True. I am out of the current office many more days than I am in.
The location of the main office (that is, the one
where the
executive director and most of the staff work) should be, IMO, dictated by where we can
most
easily maximize connections with like-minded organizations and with the relevant
representatives
of the nations we want to work with.
Based on my personal experience and the kinds of things I envision the
foundation doing going forward, I don't agree at the present time. It
is possible that if we were to take a radical change of direction, this
could make sense.
--Jimbo