On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:23 AM Kevin Payravi kevinpayravi@gmail.com wrote:
I've heard confusion from a couple folks and want to make sure it's clear here that this survey is coming from you as an individual, Jim, and has no origination or coordination with the Foundation - correct?
Yes, the survey is just from me, not the Foundation. I'm trying to encourage the Executive Director to bring back the "Letter to Donors" which was discontinued for reasons unknown, but not the explanation given to me at the time, that it was forbidden by law:
https://twitter.com/jsalsman/status/998272655995240449 https://twitter.com/SuePGardner/status/998302792946102273
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 3:44 AM Dan Garry (Deskana) djgwiki@gmail.com wrote:
... (free healthcare, universal basic income, etc.) have very little to do with the Foundation's mission.
That is precisely the matter of opinion which the survey measures. The idea that the abundance of contributors would not increase under the proposals is clearly not shared by most, and whether that means contributors would therefore be "empowered" by them is subjective.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019, 8:21 PM James Salsman <jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Happy 18th birthday to Wikipedia!
What does it mean for the Wikimedia Foundation to empower contributors? Please share your opinion of what the Wikimedia Foundation's mission statement means when it describes empowering people to collect and develop educational content:
The survey results are summarized after form submission.
Best regards, Jim Salsman