I think when James refer to "non-members", he meant those individuals on the mailing list who cannot join WMC because they're not Canadians.
Andrew
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> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:02:54 -0400
> From: nicholasmoreau@gmail.com
> To: wikimedia-ca@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-Canada] Moving to new mailing list - how to stay in the loop
>
> I am at present composing an email to various members of the staff, to
> try and get the mailing list cracked open. I expect to have more
> effect with my contact.
>
> Non-members creating drama? Perhaps the reason we non-members don't
> become members is because there's no definitive purpose to this
> organization yet. I don't see anything to convince me this
> organization is going anywhere useful. I'll leave it at that.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 6:43 PM, James Heilman <jmh649@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 2) I have emailed people at Wikimedia in the past requesting moderator
> > control of this list. I never received a reply. I have done so again in the
> > last few days and have not been emailed back yet. We need a forum that
> > members of Wiki Canada have control over. I do not mind and actually
> > encourage people from other countries and non members to listen in but I am
> > not happy having non members generate drama for our organization. We on the
> > board of Wiki Canada are all volunteers, we all have professional lives and
> > do this in our free time. We want to keep work as productive as possible.
>
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