Patrick, Brad wrote:
Don't assume anything. If you are speaking as a
person interested in
Wikipedia, great. I'm sure you have good things to say about Wikipedia
in Thailand. Good for you. All I am saying is that you do *not* have
the authority to speak on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
I'm not sure if you're new here or what, but this isn't how we do things
at the Wikimedia Foundation. We discuss politely, if sometimes
heatedly, on the mailing list, not brusquely and dictatorially.
Waerth asked if the Foundation had confidence in him to discuss with
this organization; not if he legally has the authority to enter into
commitments on behalf of the foundation, which is quite a different
matter. In short, his question did not call for a legal opinion, and
offering one unsolicited was unhelpful, misrepresenting the matter, and
impolite.
-Mark