--- Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
...
In either case, the effort needed for the Wikimedia Foundation to get
involved in any substantial kind of political activity would add
considerable complexity to financial and accounting matters.
Yes, getting things under control under the current framework is the highest
priority.
I'm not
sure if our financial procedures are in a state to support this kind of
change, although certainly they need to get there, regardless of how
politically active we become.
Not yet - we have information flow and verification issues - but we are working
on it. I've been keeping the books off-line using the information I have but
don't want to publish that until I'm able to check some things with Jimbo (we
have both been a bit busy to do this part though; my schedule will open up in
January).
However, the Foundation's mission as I
understand it is education and the dissemination of information, and I
think any political activity should be incidental to that mission.
I agree. But once the Foundation has found its feet and humming along nicely,
then I think we could explore the issue in more detail.
-- Daniel Mayer
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