[Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Your argument about the "mistakes made today" is so wrong. If we want to
move forward in a positive way, we have to particularly acknowledge what
does go well. That motivates people. The incessant carping about the past
does not help at all. Insisting on acknowledgement of mistakes only serves
in offending and alienating people. Calling something a mistake is
problematic in the first place.

There are people who want the WMF to build huge reserves and there are
people who consider that the operations of the WMF are woefully underfunded.
There are people who want more funding for other languages and there are
people who consider that it is sufficient to develop for English. <grin>
that still allows me to pitch for for instance subtitling so that the
English Wikipedia can use video that was recorded in oher languages </grin>

However you slice it, the least that you can say is that the WMF is putting
in a best effort. This does not mean that you are always happy with their
choices and it does not mean that you have to be happy withthe results of
all the choices . In the end you do not have to be happy because it is
always robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Thanks,
      GerardM

2009/9/16 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why are we revisiting something from 2007-08 financial planning two
> > years after it happened and 15 months after the final report?
> >
>
> Because there isn't enough data on the mistakes that are being made today.
>  15 months ago, there was "oh, the dumps will be fixed real soon now" and
> "that money which wasn't spent will be spent in 2008-09".  But today we
> know
> "no, 15 months later they still aren't fixed" and "no, that money will get
> rolled into the general budget where it won't even be spent".
>
> And there's not even an acknowledgment by the board that it made a huge
> mistake.
>
> Maybe there's an acknowledgment privately.  There is some evidence of that.
>  I don't know.  I tend to take people at their word when they say publicly
> that everyone is doing a great job.  I tend to take people at their word
> when they say publicly that they want foundation decisions discussed
> publicly. Maybe I should just chalk it up as a bunch of lies.  But then,
> there's really little incentive for me to do that.
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