On Mar 15, 2014 7:47 AM, "James Salsman" <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Oliver Keyes, okeyes at
wikimedia.org, wrote:
... I don't see a lot of things that are likely enough to succeed
and provide a meaningful impact....
That's how I feel about copyright term extension efforts, but we have
been standing firm on them as a defense against the very real
possibility of losses to the public domain. The sources which speak on
the topics affecting volunteer lives can only go so far. At some point
volunteers need to help say which efforts we think are most likely to
help achieve our goals, including the existential threat of volunteer
attrition.
Here is an alternative survey method, also appropriate for statistical
sampling and independent validation, which includes a way for everyone
to add their own suggestions in-line in real time:
http://www.allourideas.org/wmfcsdraft
... lawyers would likely consider this absolutely
anathema
to our legal restrictions around lobbying....
The legal department has had plenty of time to raise objections to any
of the specific proposals. I would personally love for the Foundation
to support a slate of candidates if volunteers could manage meaningful
endorsements tied to the mission, but in the US at least, that line is
drawn between issues and candidates, with parties being on the
candidate side of that line. I wonder if it would be legal to formally
endorse a green donkey in the US.
Best regards,
James
James, you are definitely going off the rails here, and I think you know
it. If you're trying to make a point by making ridiculous proposals, it's
probably more effective to make your point directly - I for me am rather
lost at what point you are trying to make. Maybe something with that you
think the WMF is spending too much money and effort in copyright lobbying?
If this is actually a serious proposal of something you would like to see
happen, it's probably a good idea to drop it. Nobody seems to support it.
--Martijn Hoekstra
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