On 20/05/2008, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
Both Mike and Jimmy have tried to be clear when they're communicating an official position. There have been problems with this in the past (the events leading to Erik's short desysopping, for example, among others), but I think in general everyone's more aware of this now. The bulk of administrators and I hope all the Stewards are aware of the issues and won't sanction when there's no clear "the Foundation OFFICE hat was on".
I think, when Mike is giving legal advice, it's natural to assume he's doing that in an official capacity, regardless of what headgear he may be wearing.
That requires distinguishing between legal advice, and a lawyer's opinion.
A lawyer's opinion on a legal matter related to their employment would generally be considered legal advice.