[Foundation-l] Criticism of employees (was VPAT)

[Michael Snow]

On 2/18/2011 12:38 PM, Zack Exley wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:28 AM, phoebe ayers<phoebe.wiki at gmail.com>wrote:
>> And it's worth pointing out the obvious -- the reason there are so
>> many places is because it's nearly impossible to keep up with
>> *everything* going on in the communit(ies)* all the time. Even a
>> subset of that discussion can be too much for those of us trying to
>> get other things done as well; most of the subscribees of the list
>> probably skim it at least some of the time. And the vast majority of
>> our community is not even on Foundation-l.... but a pretty large
>> percentage (I'd guess) of those people who interested in governance,
>> foundation and meta-issues probably are subscribed, which is just one
>> of the reasons why it's worth trying to make it a useful forum -- a
>> perennial hope and dream!
> I'd just like to add my perspective as a relatively new staffer at WMF.
>   People in the office really do read Foundation-l and all the other movement
> lists. They are very much influenced by them and take them very seriously. A
> couple of times, someone on this list has said that WMF staff call
> Foundation-l "Troll-l". I've never heard anyone refer to it that way.
In my experience, it's actually mostly community members frustrated with 
the quality of discussions who call it that. The staff avoid that kind 
of tone, understandably, as it might seem unprofessional. Personally, I 
prefer not to suggest that anyone is a troll, except for Domas (he likes 
it).

--Michael Snow