[Foundation-l] Re: Wikipedia-Freenode relations

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:39:25 -0400, Fennec Foxen &lt;fennec(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: An addendum from lilo, the manager of Freenode and the Peer Directed Projects Center: <lilo> hi, you around? <FennecFoxen> yes <FennecFoxen> as a matter of fact <FennecFoxen> I was just firing off a letter to the Wikimedia foundation about IRC. :) <lilo> tell me about the 'wikimedia board of trustees' <lilo> ahhhh <FennecFoxen> Okay. The Wikimedia Foundation owns and manages Wikipedia and its sister projects. <lilo> kay, perfect 8) <lilo> may I offer suggestions? <FennecFoxen> oh, sure. <FennecFoxen> I've suggested that they appoint an Official Contact <lilo> perfect <FennecFoxen> rather then letting ad hoc contacts like myself manage everything ad-hocly. :) <FennecFoxen> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees has information on the board's composition... <lilo> let them know that PDPC would prefer that, and that they can delegate any specific aspects of contact in any way that they see fit, and that PDPC would prefer an official contact, and that setting one up does not in any way commit them to doing anything in particular with their channels here :) <FennecFoxen> okay. :) <lilo> that's pretty much our take 8) <lilo> I just got a message with some complaints about having Fire as group contact <lilo> and if you're reacting to those, I think you're doing exactly the right thing <FennecFoxen> yeah. Fire is well-meaning, but some consider him Annoying. :) <lilo> from our standpoint, we just want to make sure that (1) your board has control over your presence here, and (2) any users labeled as being officially involved with your project are being labeled so correctly <FennecFoxen> but his credentials are just as valid as mine in this matter, really. :) <lilo> I'm going to tentatively mark Fire as 'withdrawn' and we can leave that up to your board He has also left me with an official phone number for contact in this matter. :)