Why are proposals to abandon the US being given more consideration than those to address the underlying issues?
And from those who have been so concerned about the frequency of discussion on this topic (amongst dozens of redundant crongradulatory messages which have never in a dozen years resulted in any such concerns), is it fair to ask how frequent they consider appropriate discussion should be; in particular given the perspective here?
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Why are proposals to abandon the US being given more consideration than
those to address the underlying issues?
The concern is political stability and the feasibility to react when a faster more immediate shift is needed than can be achieve through a lobbying for change pace. Both should be the approach a plan to exit partially or entirely from the US is the immediate need as thats seen as the most prudent method for protection of the WMF and its staff. There has also been an under lying concern about the current location and potential for issues derived from closeness to other Big net corporations, remember there where issues 12 months ago about a board of trustee member who stood down. Moving is something people have thought in more detail about, the travel ban was so fast and impact immediate it highlighted dramatically the uncertainity ahead for US based activities. Had it occurred during a conference the impact could have potentially been more significant, if the WMF wants to attract the best people to work locally this hurts and plans to protect those people(and their families) are needed. We also need to acknowledge that travel bans may cause additional operational costs to the WMF either in the need to shift face to face meetings, and or to support employees caught up in unexpected changes.
On 1 February 2017 at 07:11, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Why are proposals to abandon the US being given more consideration than those to address the underlying issues?
And from those who have been so concerned about the frequency of discussion on this topic (amongst dozens of redundant crongradulatory messages which have never in a dozen years resulted in any such concerns), is it fair to ask how frequent they consider appropriate discussion should be; in particular given the perspective here?
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Why are proposals to abandon the US being given more consideration than those to address the underlying issues?
Because this mailing list is for discussions about the Wikimedia mission, Foundation and projects; not for the general discussion of the national politics of the United States or any other country, however fascinating.
"Rogol"
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 11:11 PM, James Salsman jsalsman@gmail.com wrote:
Why are proposals to abandon the US being given more consideration than those to address the underlying issues?
And from those who have been so concerned about the frequency of discussion on this topic (amongst dozens of redundant crongradulatory messages which have never in a dozen years resulted in any such concerns), is it fair to ask how frequent they consider appropriate discussion should be; in particular given the perspective here?
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Rogol Domedonfors wrote:
Because this mailing list is for discussions about the Wikimedia mission, Foundation and projects; not for the general discussion of the national politics of the United States or any other country, however fascinating.
Seriously. Where are the mailing list moderators? Richard? Thehelpfulone?
MZMcBride
James, I'm afraid I also find your posts repetitive and off-topic (particularly because I see them both here and on wikitech). I would really appreciate if you at least limit their frequency.
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 4:11 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
Rogol Domedonfors wrote:
Because this mailing list is for discussions about the Wikimedia mission, Foundation and projects; not for the general discussion of the national politics of the United States or any other country, however fascinating.
Seriously. Where are the mailing list moderators? Richard? Thehelpfulone?
MZMcBride
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