Kurt Jansson wrote:
You are absolutely right. But I find it quite funny
that in all your
future scenarios the American foundation are always the good guys, while
you fear the international ones might only want to make money out of the
project.
That is not my intention at all, and I apologize if it seemed that
way. That isn't what I mean at all.
I can imagine other scenarios, for example a take-over
of the
American foundation with the help of many faked accounts is much more
easy than in the German "e.V." where only "real" people are allowed
to
vote.
Only real people are allowed to vote for member representatives here,
too. That is no difference.
I can understand your concerns, but please try to
imagine that many
people on the international Wikipedias have exactly the same kind of
concerns about the American foundation.
Of course, we should all be concerned about such things. And this is
why I advise that we be very cautious and careful about our
institutional arrangements. There's no reason why we can't preserve
our ideals, while at the same time preventing inter-organizational
conflict.
--Jimbo