[Foundation-l] Contact in Thailand

[Anthere]

Hi Waerth

I think that is fine you go and contact these people. I'll be happy if 
something gets out of it.

As for "speaking in the name of the Foundation"... in truth Walter, 
board members should not themselves speak *in the name* of the Foundation.

It is not because any of us have an opinion than the others will have 
the same opinion. Technically, none of us should do that.

Just present yourself as a long time wikipedian, that should be fine I 
guess. You have to remember that most people outside understand 
*nothing* of the way we are organised. As long as you do not make 
believe others that you are allowed to make decisions in the name of the 
Foundation, that's fine. Just make that clear.

Ant


Walter van Kalken wrote:
> This night at 23 hours I was called by a Thai organisation which is 
> doing in Thailand approximately the same as Kennisnet to talk with them 
> tomorrow about some ideas they have for co-operation with the Foundation.
> 
> As I have been totally purged by the foundation of all my 
> "responsibilities" like presscontact for Asia and steward because I am 
> to critical of the way things go not because I ever abused them! 
> Although those are the rumours that are floating. I want to know if the 
> foundation has any "trust" in me to go talk with these people? It would 
> be nice to have an answer ASAP.
> 
> I am still disappointed in the way people get purged if they are to 
> critical even if they never abuse the responsabilities they have been 
> trusted with and the board never answers why one "clerk": Dannyisme can 
> take someone's stewardship away under the notion of temporarity and then 
> never has to respond in public to requests to restore it. Also I do not 
> understand why I was taken of the list of the presscontacts. I have 
> always defended wikimedia in radiointerviews and done quite a good job 
> with it, no one in the Dutch community can deny that. I stayed up late 
> for those things I never did say anything wrong and this is how you are 
> treated like you are a piece of garbage.
> 
> Waerth/Walter