On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Calling it "a 23-people organization" suggests a growing chasm between the volunteers and the hired hands.
Well, I do indeed feel that chasm too, although perhaps it's more a case of a felt distance between the foundation and the projects. When I'm editing on Wikipedia or fighting vandals on wiktionary or whatever, I don't feel I'm volunteering for the foundation. Rather, I consider myself a volunteer of the project(s), and the only connection I feel with the foundation in that is that I am working on the same projects the foundation is supporting. I don't really, to be honest, feel part of, or even closely connected to, the foundation as such.