Nathan wrote:
> <quote>
> *In an interview with The Associated
Press, Florence Devouard, who chairs
> the Wikimedia Foundation, defended Wales and said he had simply been "slow
> in submitting receipts." She pointed out that the foundation rejected the
> steakhouse expense.*
> *A short time later, in an e-mail exchange
with her fellow board members,
> Devouard reported that she had persuaded the AP that "the money story was a
> no story." Yet she proceeded to indicate the opposite, upbraiding Wales for
> having asked the foundation to pay the steakhouse tab.*
> *"I find (it) tiring to see how you
are constantly trying to rewrite the
> past," she wrote to Wales in the message, which was obtained by the AP.
"Get
> a grip!"*
> </quote>
> True?
> Nathan
on 3/5/08 5:20 AM, Florence Devouard at Anthere9(a)yahoo.com wrote:
<snip>
> We are currently in an odd situation. I
wish from all my heart that we
> be transparent as much as possible. But for all the transparency in the
> world, there are stuff that is just internal discussion, cases where we
> need to discuss openly without the fear that it will make the headlines
> the next day. Unfortunately, there is now no way we can be certain that
> a discussion we have anywhere, be it irc, email or phone, will not be
> leaked.
> These are very sad times.
> Anthere
Yes they are, Florence. But I also believe that
there are enough persons in
the Project with sensitivities and a sense of fairness and openness like
yours, that, once a healthy culture is established, the Project will not
only survive - it will thrive.
Marc