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<body class='hmmessage'>Hi<br><br>Just enquiring whether the proposed wiki train plan is still on.<br><br>Regards,<br>Abbas. <br><br>> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:01:13 -0700<br>> From: saintonge@telus.net<br>> To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] [Foundation-l] Floating a notion: permanent	Wikimania committee?<br>> <br>> phoebe ayers wrote:<br>> > Right, and the nature of what the Foundation has done has changed over <br>> > the last few years, so that's actually been in flux (what was true for <br>> > us in 2006 is totally different now, re: scholarships etc). Which <br>> > makes it even harder to get an authoritative answer!<br>> <br>> That makes them out to be just like a government. ;-)<br>> ><br>> > Basically: the community & the Foundation have certain expectations <br>> > for Wikimania, but it's up to the local team to implement them. <br>> <br>> <br>> Indeed, the insidious thing about expectations is that those of whom <br>> they are expected can be blissfully unaware of that fact, and are easily <br>> blind-sided<br>> <br>> In a much larger context, the internet has provided opportunities for <br>> unprecedented participation in democratic processes, but not without the <br>> irony that those with that newfound power often ask their adversaries <br>> what to do with it.<br>> <br>> Ray<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Wikimania-l mailing list<br>> Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org<br>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l<br> <br /><hr />Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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