On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 22:30 +0000, Sue Gardner wrote:
I'm staying out of the specifics, but I'll respond to Will's comment, below. The Wikimedia Foundation does not work for the community. The Wikimedia Foundation works to advance the mission. The Wikimedia Foundation has a fiduciary responsibility to the end users of the projects: to the people the projects are intended to serve.
I've Whitelisted Sue's address so there's no further delay if she wants to say something here.
Apologies your message wasn't through sooner Sue, I was busy with the latest email I sent to the list.
I'd hope that settles this issue - as seen from someone who doesn't work for the WMF.
I might even have put forward a good business idea that follows mission guidelines.
Milos is the person on the ground who could see if the idea has merit.