Given that Wikimedia already employs a number of
contractors who don't work
full-time, I think the fact that this position would be full-time is really
odd.
It's in the strategic plan:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2010-2011_Annual_Plan_Questions_and_Ans…
If you'd like to discuss this, I think the strategy wiki is the right
spot. Not wikitech-l.
Respectfully,
Ryan Lane