I've been thinking about it and this is just bothering me too much.
On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
Folks (WMF board, and those closely related), do we really have to hold a vote of no confidence to get your attention? Do you have any doubt that it'd pass?
The Wikimedia Foundation is a private non-profit corporation registered in Florida. It is not structured as a membership organization (after all, every human being is technically a member), it is but a single part of the Wikimedia movement. You have no standing for such a vote, and neither do I.
Absent that, please start listening to the volunteers. Listening, as in doing what they'd like you to do. Otherwise, I'll be putting forth that no-confidence vote shortly.
You mean to say, "please start listening to the volunteers ***that agree with me*. Listening, as in doing what *the people that I agree with* would like you to do."
Personally, I agree with your position against monetizing any part of our services.
I'm pleasantly surprised that some people that I thought would agree with me are at least open to the theory, it makes for very interesting discussion. I do not think that making threats on behalf of everyone, when it's clear that we are not all in agreement, is useful at all, particularly when they are toothless.
Personal opinion from a personal account as a longtime Wikimedian, as the line three bars down after the signature indicates.