On 9/18/06, Brad Patrick bradp.wmf@gmail.com wrote:
When I sit at my desk all day, it is not to edit EN:WP or anything else. It is to respond to Real World questions, problems, financial issues, etc. It is also to deal with "meta"-ish things that are across all projects. I am perfectly fine with the notion that a content Wikimedian can edit to their heart's content without any idea "the Foundation" (Brad, Danny, Brion, Mark, Tim) + zillions of volunteers are working to keep their site up and running well. We need not be in their face reminding them of "the Foundation." But if they care about the future, policy, administration, or any of the rest of that stuff, we need to be able to talk to them and have them understand what WMF does. Before that, though, they are likely to come in contact with admins and the cognoscenti of their project first.
Thank you, much clearer.
I think I was agreeing with you.
Yep, completely.
Delphine