[Foundation-l] [WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Board Elections

[Brad Patrick]

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.

I think I was agreeing with you.

Delphine Ménard wrote:
>> Brad Patrick wrote:
>>     
>>> From my perspective, what happens in the office to keep
>>> the servers running, bills paid, and all of the rest of the stuff that
>>> never touches the online space (much less in other languages and
>>> projects) could not be more separate than the day-to-day goings on of
>>> the projects.
>>>       
>
> I am afraid I don't get what you mean here.
>
> Delphine
> (English as a second language. ;-) )
>
>