On 3/6/07, Oldak Quill oldakquill@gmail.com wrote:
On 05/03/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote: Based on the fact that Wikimedia Foundation has such a large pool of volunteers, I think the 40 hour week difference makes little difference.
I have a different opinion. Even among the most involved people, - we have seen some people vanished without notice (remember the last summer; two other Election officials vanished and I was getting mad alone with around 20 candidates who should have been contacted until the end of month). - we asked a task for the community and no one have showed interest (see Wikimania Website; there are a bunch of information about Taiwan, helpful for excursion, but all in Chinese, no one cares about those or has no time to care about those).
It is an illusion "we have a pool". Sadly but it is our reality. Instead, I heard again and again "sorry but I am not interested in" "I am now occupied". I don't take it wrong, simply they have more important things in their view of life. It is possible our need and theirs don't simply match. But it is far from sustainability which Florence said the Foundation would pursue at the beginning of this year.
On the other hand, employees and contractors are bound with contract and duty. Volunteers not. And they will do their job in a certain hours. Volunteers not necessarily. That is why we need to have the Foundation employ people to bring sustainability.