On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:04 PM, Pete Forsyth peteforsyth@gmail.com wrote:
Still, my list is very much influenced by what I have heard from staff, board, etc. over many months -- so it's not like your seat is getting cold without you. :)
My seat without me in it would be the very definition of it getting cold without me in it, not to be glib. Your presumptions are starting to be offensive.
I am a person. I am a Wikimedian on my own,[0] apart from my role in my signature line.
I think what we need to *first* do is stop pigeonholing individuals, and then presuming to know their opinions based on said hole placement, which was the point of my initial email: do not presume to know what those who are not speaking right now are thinking, and wait to hear from them. But I guess you're missing the point.
I know you're going to say that's not what you're intending to do, but it's exactly what you're saying.
Slow down. There are plenty of leaders with thoughts in this movement, give everyone space.
0. https://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools-ec/?user=Keegan&project=en.wikipedia.or...