Anthony schreef:
On 1/7/07, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Oldak Quill schreef:
On 07/01/07, Florence Devouard anthere@anthere.org wrote:
Hello everyone.
Just for a head up (or down)
First, I wanted to announce to all that there will be no more matching donors in that fundraiser. This is due to a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, the reaction of some members in the community.
Regardless of whether I agreed with the Virgin notice or not, this is an excellent move on behalf of the Foundation. It demonstrates the Foundation's responsiveness to Wikimedians and that there is no bureaucratic disconnect (which is always a worry when a project like ours begins to organise into formalised institutions and structures).
Thanks Florence and the rest of the team. You're doing an excellent job.
Hoi, I am afraid you did not read the whole of Florence her e-mail, or you only read what you want to read.. "Fourth, we'll go on with limited funds. Limited means we'll go delaying certain issues. That's life !"
This means that things that are deemed necessary will not happen or will not happen in the near future for lack of funds.
Ant didn't say anything about the issues which were delayed being *necessary*. Framing it that way seems unfair.
Hoi, Anthere is quiet explicit: "Limited means we'll go delaying certain issues". It means that things that are deemed to be necessary by the board will be postponed. In my opinion it is unfair that you do not accept that the lack of funding inhibits what the Wikimedia Foundation is able to do. It is quite obvious that lack of funding is holding us back. Thanks, GerardM