[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Board Elections

[Delphine Ménard]

On 9/18/06, Brad Patrick <bradp.wmf at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I sit at my desk all day, it is not to edit EN:WP or anything
> else.  It is to respond to Real World questions, problems, financial
> issues, etc.  It is also to deal with "meta"-ish things that are across
> all projects.  I am perfectly fine with the notion that a content
> Wikimedian can edit to their heart's content without any idea "the
> Foundation" (Brad, Danny, Brion, Mark, Tim) + zillions of volunteers are
> working to keep their site up and running well.  We need not be in their
> face reminding them of "the Foundation."  But if they care about the
> future, policy, administration, or any of the rest of that stuff, we
> need to be able to talk to them and have them understand what WMF does.
> Before that, though, they are likely to come in contact with admins and
> the cognoscenti of their project first.

Thank you, much clearer.

> I think I was agreeing with you.

Yep, completely.

Delphine
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